The Oklahoma Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a proposed state-financed Catholic charter school, saying the first-of-its-kind religious public school violated the state and U.S. Constitution.
The ruling said the state’s charter school act, as well as the state and U.S. constitutions, only allowand that the state is prohibited from using public money for the establishment of a religious institution. GOP Attorney General Gentner Drummond, who filed a lawsuit against the proposed school in October, wrote in a statement that the decision “is 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.
Those on both sides of the debate said they are watching to see if the case is taken up by the Supreme Court, whose approval of direct funding of religion would change modern history. Some experts have questioned what would remain of the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment if states can directly fund religious education — a sentiment the court decision echoed.
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