Oklahoma superintendent mandates teaching religion in his state's public schools
Says American history is contained within the pages of the Holy Bible
If you're sitting down with a favorite beverage nearby, I'll tell you how the Superintendent of Sooner Instruction justifies charging across the bright line that separates Church and State in this country.
I thought we had adequately put to rest the concern about teaching religion in the public schools with a Pulitzer-in-waiting effort earlier this week, augmented by truly brilliant reader comments at the end.
But, like so many bad ideas these days, when one off-the-wall proposal comes along, it takes only a day or two day before another headline-grabbing goofball comes along to play follow the leader.
It requires you to be especially adept at Whack-a-Mole to keep all these proposals under control.
Yes, the governor of Louisiana, the honorable Jeff Landry, wants to post the Ten Commandments in every classroom in the state, from kindergarten through PhD, the latter standing for Doctor of Phoolishness.
But now, attempting to prove the adage that imitation is the highest form of flattery, the Superintendent of Public Instruction in the great state of Oklahoma, a chap named Ryan Walters, wants to take things a step further by adding the Holy Bible to the official public school curriculum.
