Oklahoma case is part of a broader push to erode separation of church and state, and a test of role of religion in schools
The US supreme court’s conservative majority seemed open to establishing the country’s first public religious charter school as they weighed a case Wednesday that could have significant ramifications on the separation of church and state.
The Oklahoma state charter school board approved the application for St Isidore, a Catholic virtual charter school. The ACLU and other groups filed suit, as did Republican attorney general Gentner Drummond. The state supreme court sided with Drummond, ruling that the US and Oklahoma constitutions “prohibit the state from using public money for the establishment of a religious institution”.
The case is part of a broader push to erode the separation of church and state, a concept established through the US constitution via the “free exercise” clause of the first amendment. Oklahoma is at the forefront of this debate.
This is stealth overturning of Brown v. Board.
When they write the history of American decline Trump will be a footnote, but Clarence Thomas will get a chapter.
Great, then we can have Public Muslim Charter Schools? Public Scientology Charter Schools? Or you think only one religion will be exempt to break the rule of separation of church and state?
The Satanic Temple was founded for exactly this sort of shit, and have been pushing back countless attempts across an array of “quick, while no one’s looking” fuckery enacted by our local officials, nationwide.
This was literally the biggest demand of the south for the last 60 years:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Segregation_academy
They desperately want Jim Crow back, more than anything else.
Satanic Temple Public Schools then?
Oh, the courts Catholic majority seems open to it eh?
