Parents and faith leaders are suing to stop Oklahoma from creating what
would be the first religious public charter school in the nation.
One of the plaintiffs in the case, Reverend Laurie
says, quote,
our churches already have the religious freedom to start our own schools.
If we choose to do so,
parents already have the freedom to send
their Children to those religious schools.
But when we entangle religious schools to the government,
we endanger religious freedom for all of us.
The lawsuit is trying to stop taxpayer funds from going
to a new virtual Catholic school in the state.
A state board narrowly voted to approve the school's creation last
month despite Oklahoma's Attorney general saying it would violate state law.