Office of Religious Liberty and Patriotism opens at Oklahoma Education Department

[Lisa]

Yes, I am very aware of the letter to the Danbury Baptists and the common misreading of that letter.

So to which part of congress does a state run government school belong and which law was made by congress?

"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."

You also seem to be ignorant of the Incorporation doctrine of the 14th amendment that makes those law applicable to the states, county and cities.

The actions of the government at all levels must be secular, so as to obey the Establishment Clause and not violate the Free Exercise Clause that guarantees equal religious rights for all people, regardless if they believe or not.

 

[Gordy327]

Do you mean like the people who actually drafted the constitution.

Did you know that church services were held at the capitol?

"Church services were held in what is now called Statuary Hall from 1807 to 1857. The first services in the Capitol, held when the government moved to Washington ."

Religion and the Federal Government, Part 2 - Religion and the Founding of the American Republic | Exhibitions (Library of Congress)

On Sundays in Washington during the administrations of Thomas Jefferson and of James Madison the state became the church. Within a year of his inauguration, Jefferson began attending church services in the House of Representatives. Madison followed Jefferson's example. Worship services in the...

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The FF, especially Jefferson, Madison, and Adams were quite clear about keeping religion out of the government. Even Madison took issue with Capitol church services. But that alone doesn't validate your point, especially given the words on the FF themselves, the Constitution, and the SCOTUS. If the religious practices of the FF is the best you can offer, you would be wise to quit now before you embarrass yourself further.

Yes, I am very aware of the letter to the Danbury Baptists and the common misreading of that letter.

So to which part of congress does a state run government school belong and which law was made by congress?

Which part of the separation of church and state do you not understand? Or about when the SCOTUS used Jefferson's letter as a "declarative authority" when affirming the separation of church and state?

 

[devildavid]

The Oklahoma State Department of Education should be careful what they wish for. This will lead to endless legal challenges and a complete mess. Another “solution” looking for a “problem”. This will only create problems where there were none at all.

 

[Risky Thicket]

Chaos and systematic destruction is the MAGA plan. State by state they will work their strategy taking the easiest states first until the achieve the destruction of our Constitutional democracy and replace it with a Christocracy where the Bible will be the basis for all laws.

 

[Bum]

Office of Religious Liberty and Patriotism opens at Oklahoma Education Department​

Lovely...the department of mandated theocracy and dogma compliance.

 

[Gordy327]

Office of Religious Liberty and Patriotism opens at Oklahoma Education Department​

Lovely...the department of mandated theocracy and dogma compliance.

What can possibly go wrong, right?

 

[Lisa]

What can possibly go wrong, right?

This sounds like Sinclair Lewis predicted the MAGAs almost a century prior.

Nobel Prize-winning author Sinclair Lewis allegedly warned that when fascism comes to America it will be "wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross.​

Did Sinclair Lewis Say This About Fascism in America?

Nobel Prize-winning author Sinclair Lewis allegedly warned that when fascism comes to America it will be "wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross."

www.snopes.com

 

[Gardener]

Looks like Oklahoma is as far right as my state is far left.

Ideologues will be the end of us all.

 

[ColdHardTruth]

Interesting name for the new entity. OKlahoma, fresh off trying to tailor an RFP for Trump Bibles, is setting up a new entity to further the state's public education goals.

https://www.newsfromthestates.com/article/office-religious-liberty-and-patriotism-opens-oklahoma-education-department

States Newsroom (@statesnewsroom.com)

In order to align with President-elect Donald Trump’s aim of protecting prayer in schools, Oklahoma Superintendent Ryan Walters established the Office of Religious Liberty and Patriotism. He said it will investigate alleged abuses against religious freedom and patriotic displays. Via Oklahoma...

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OKLAHOMA CITY — A new office within the Oklahoma State Department of Education will promote expressions of religion and patriotism in public schools.

The head of the agency, state Superintendent Ryan Walters, announced Tuesday he established the Office of Religious Liberty and Patriotism. He said the new division will align with incoming President Donald Trump’s aim of protecting prayer in schools.

The office will investigate alleged abuses against religious freedom and patriotic displays, according to a news release from the Education Department.

Walters cited a September 2023 incident in which a Skiatook school removed Bible verses from a classroom at the urging of the Freedom From Religion Foundation, which contended it was unconstitutional for a public school to allow religious displays. At the time, Walters said the removal was “unacceptable.”

The U.S. Supreme Court has decided that students and public school employees are permitted to pray on school grounds, but school employees cannot lead students in prayer or other religious activities while doing their jobs. The Court ruled in 1962 against school-led prayer in public schools, finding it a violation of the U.S. Constitution’s prohibition of government-established religion.

This office is a violation of the constitution.

It assumes that the state is allowed a religion, it is not. It needs to massive lawsuits against Oklahoma and then end of careers in Oklahoma government.

 

[Linc]

Boycott Oklahoma in every way possible.
Same with every red shithole congressional district.