A group made up of public school teachers, faith leaders, public school parents and their children has filed a lawsuit with the Oklahoma Supreme Court asking it to block State Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters edict for Bibles to be used for classroom instruction and to purchase 55,000 copies of the King James Bible combined with U.S. Constitution and other American historical documents.
Tulsa World’s Lenzy Krehbiel-Burton writes the lawsuit contends Walters and the Oklahoma State Department of Education violated the Oklahoma Administrative Procedures Act by not following the procedures when changing state academic standards. It also points out how the actions possibly violate other Oklahoma laws.
Walters called the lawsuit an intimidation tactic from out-of-state actors. However, while some of the attorneys representing the group are not from Oklahoma, the named plaintiffs do reside in Oklahoma.
This is the second lawsuit filed against Walters’ Bible instruction mandate.
Read the Tulsa World story here.
