The Oklahoma Supreme Court blocked plans to open the first faith-based publicly funded charter school in the country with a majority ruling on Tuesday. In a 6-2 decision, the court ruled that the St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Charter School violated the state constitution as well as the Establishment Clause. 'Under Oklahoma law, a charter school is a public school. As such, a charter school must be nonsectarian. However, St.
The Archdiocese of Oklahoma City also confirmed to Fox News Digital that it plans to seek review from the U.S. Supreme Court. Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond, who filed the lawsuit in the decision, celebrated the decision as a 'tremendous victory for religious liberty.' 'The framers of the U.S. Constitution and those who drafted Oklahoma’s Constitution clearly understood how best to protect religious freedom: by preventing the State from sponsoring any religion at all.
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