Nation’s First Tax-Funded Religious Charter School Will Go Before Oklahoma Supreme Court This Week

Families are ‘better off with more choices,’ backers of the school tell the Sun. Opponents say it tramples on the separation of church and state.

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Oral arguments are set for Tuesday morning after the state’s attorney general filed a lawsuit against the Oklahoma Statewide Virtual Charter School Board for approving a first-of-its-kind Catholic public charter school. pexels.com

Oklahoma’s supreme court will hear arguments this week for a case that is paving a new frontier in a longstanding debate about the First Amendment’s free exercise and establishment clauses. 

Oral arguments are set for Tuesday morning after the state’s attorney general, Gentner Drummond, filed a lawsuit in October against the Oklahoma Statewide Virtual Charter School Board for approving a first-of-its-kind Catholic public charter school. 

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