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Top Oklahoma educator says teachers who won't teach Bible could lose license (www.nbcnews.com)

submitted 2 months ago by fire86743@lemmygrad.ml to c/us_news@lemmygrad.ml

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[–] landlords_morghulis@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 2 months ago

Is there an award the US is trying to win for christian fascism?

[–] sub_ubi@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 months ago

Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters is requiring all classrooms in the state to have Bibles and study its influence on America's history.

can teachers include the bible's influence within a materialist analysis?

[–] Assian_Candor@hexbear.net 7 points 2 months ago

Look at this fuckin hog

[–] ahriboy@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Not everyone believes in one religion.

[–] Shinhoshi@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That's a great point. Aren't these the same people that complain about their First Amendment rights?

[–] IAmLamp@fedia.io 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You got that confused. Religious nutjobs are the REASON we had to write that amendment (among other things). And, as a reminder, the bill of rights is a definition of what the government cannot restrict.

[–] Shinhoshi@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 2 months ago

Well, yes, but my point was that these are the same people that cry "free speech"

[–] Kirbywithwhip1987@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Bro looks like combination of Ryan Gosling and Mark Lizard Zuckerberg but probably took all the personality from the latter+religious fascism