Posted on 02/28/2023 8:29:36 AM PST by Twotone
Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt of Oklahoma sent a letter to Attorney General Gentner Drummond Monday indicating that he was “troubled” by a recent opinion the AG gave regarding religious charter schools.
Drummond issued an opinion late last week recanting his predecessor, John O’Conner’s, support of religious charter schools calling it “state-funded religion.” Stitt responded to Drummond’s claims Monday, arguing that by not providing religious citizens with an alternative, they may very well be forced to choose between their faith and receiving an education, according to the letter.
“You state that ‘religious liberty is one of our most fundamental freedoms’ that protects the ‘right to worship according to our faith’ and to be ‘free from any duty that conflicts with our faith,'” Stitt wrote. “But religious liberty does more. Religious liberty also precludes the government from singling out believers for disfavor or preventing them from fully participating in public life, including in public-benefits programs.”
The Oklahoma governor pointed to past precedent showing that religious organizations cannot be excluded from programs for “private organizations who help serve the public good,” according to the letter. Stitt cited the Supreme Court’s ruling in Carson v. Makin, in which the justices determined that the state of Maine could not exclude religious schools from its tuition assistance program, noting that charter schools in Oklahoma are under similar jurisdiction.
Stitt also noted his concern about Drummond’s argument that if one religious charter was approved then all religious charters must be approved, according to the letter.
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Like a lot of politicians in Oklahoma and Texas, they are Democrats who run as Republicans because they know that’s the only way to get elected in a red state.
“In a 2013 interview before running for office, Drummond described his politics as aligning with the “business class ... which translates to mean that there is a little Republican and a little Democrat in everyone” and noted the importance of the Democratic Party in helping Oklahoma in the 1920s and 1930s, and he also noted the prosperity brought by the Republican Party in the 1980s and 1990s.”
This assumes that the public schools system -- anywhere -- is actually capable of delivering a useful education experience... which kinda explains the necessity of NOT using that resource.
Sounds like Drummond should be booted.
It wasn’t always that way. My parents were registered Democrats because it was the only way to have a candidate to vote for.
Anybody who gives libtards campaign money like Drummond did can’t be trusted I voted against him I the primary I knew he was trouble
Drummond, Drummond? Let’s see, part of that dynasty of Osage County whose patriarch traded with the Indians and gained massive land holdongs? Rhea Drummond the belle of Pawhuska and self-proclaimed pioneer woman?
Never did care much for this gang.
Are there NO MOSQUES IN Oklahoma???
They have their “schools” attached in same building.
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