Lawsuit filed against approval of Oklahoma’s first religious charter school
A religious group in Oklahoma received approval by the Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board to operate a charter school. This is being challenged in the Oklahoma County District Court. The spokesman for the defendants indicated that denial of the right to operate would constitute discrimination based on religion.
When the spigot of tax revenue was opened to private and charter schools, the appetite for tax money by various religious sects and private businesses has become insatiable. Those who want their faith supported by taxpayers and those who want to become rich via the public tax trough continue to find ways to extract more and more money from taxpayers.
State officials in Ohio and across the nation are draining funds from the public common school system to private groups and individuals at the expense of the common good. These officials know not what they do!
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