{"id":31055,"date":"2025-04-20T10:49:10","date_gmt":"2025-04-20T14:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.au.org\/?page_id=31055"},"modified":"2025-10-10T15:57:35","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T19:57:35","slug":"oklahoma-bible-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.au.org\/oklahoma-bible-lawsuit\/","title":{"rendered":"Oklahoma Court Cases"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"31055\" class=\"elementor elementor-31055\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-9141283 e-flex e-con-boxed ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9141283\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;gradient&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-0f0e0a0 e-con-full e-flex ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0f0e0a0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-777ddfd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"777ddfd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Oklahomans are saying NO to Christian Nationalism<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-829c33f e-con-full e-flex ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-child\" data-id=\"829c33f\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c1845b elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"2c1845b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/watch?v=xu8ACUSkKZc&quot;,&quot;cc_load_policy&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;yt_privacy&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;play_on_mobile&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;mute&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;loop&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-2145ff0 e-flex e-con-boxed ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2145ff0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-903c7e9 e-con-full e-flex ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-child\" data-id=\"903c7e9\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-f5c9aa8 e-con-full e-flex ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f5c9aa8\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8ff6f7d black-text-link elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8ff6f7d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Summary<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5746445 black-text-link elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5746445\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The separation of church and state ensures that families, not politicians, decide how to engage with religion. Oklahoma Superintendent Ryan Walters is pushing a Christian Nationalist agenda in Oklahoma Public Schools. We already <strong>helped defeat<\/strong> his push to open the nation\u2019s first \u201creligious public school,\u201d but we\u2019ve got more to do.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In <\/span><b>June 2024,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Walters mandated the use of the Bible in public school curricula, bypassing state laws and attempting to misuse millions in taxpayer funds. 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fa-folder-open\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-icon-box-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#_social\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSocial Studies\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed24b97 elementor-view-default elementor-position-top elementor-mobile-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-box\" data-id=\"ed24b97\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-wrapper\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#_videos\" class=\"elementor-icon elementor-animation-grow\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-label=\"Videos\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas 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class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"_details\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1188741 elementor-position-left elementor-view-default elementor-mobile-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-box\" data-id=\"1188741\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-wrapper\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<span  class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-list-alt\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-icon-box-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span  >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDetails\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-8caa41d e-flex e-con-boxed ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8caa41d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-d023e8b e-con-full e-flex ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d023e8b\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d43d5d1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d43d5d1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"> Ryan Walters is trying to force his version of Christianity into public schools<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b132a7 black-text-link elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3b132a7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Case 1: The Bible-Education Mandate<\/h2><p>First, in 2024, Oklahoma State Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters tried to spend millions of Oklahoma taxpayer dollars to put a Bible in every fifth- through twelfth-grade public-school classroom in the state. And he\u2019s ordered Oklahoma public-school teachers to incorporate the Bible into their everyday lessons.\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In June and July 2024, he laid out this Bible Education Mandate in two official memoranda to all Oklahoma public school districts. In September and October 2024, Superintendent Walters and the Oklahoma State Department of Education took steps toward spending $3 million in state funds to buy 55,000 King James Version Bibles and send them to every school district in the state.<\/span><\/p><h3>Public schools are not Sunday schools<\/h3><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In October, 2024, Americans United, Oklahoma Appleseed Center for Law &amp; Justice, the American Civil Liberties Union, the American Civil Liberties Union of Oklahoma, and the Freedom From Religion Foundation<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.au.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/oklahoma_bible_lawsuit_filing_10172024.pdf\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">filed a lawsuit<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the Oklahoma Supreme Court on behalf of 32 Oklahomans \u2014 parents, students, teachers, LGBTQ+ people, indigenous people, nonreligious and religious folks, and clergy members.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our lawsuit asserts Walters&#8217; plans to use state funds to buy Bibles violates the Oklahoma Constitution\u2019s religious freedom protections because public schools would be used to support religion, as well as to favor one religion over others by purchasing a Protestant version of the Bible. The lawsuit also argues that using state funds to buy Bibles or to distribute Bibles oversteps Walters&#8217; and the state department of education&#8217;s authority and violates Oklahoma&#8217;s legal procedures.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We are asking the court to declare Walters&#8217; Bible Mandate unlawful and unenforceable and to rule that spending state funds on Bibles for public schools is illegal.<\/span><\/p><p>In March 2025, the court put on hold Walters&#8217; attempts to buy Bibles, as well as a plan by Walters to buy Bible-based instructional materials.<\/p><h3>&#8220;God, Christianity and Moral Values&#8221;<\/h3><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Walters then<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0announced a new plan to <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">distribute<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Bibles to Oklahoma public schools: the Bibles Back In School Campaign.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Partnering with entertainer Lee Greenwood, Walters&#8217; campaign asks people to buy, through a special website, Greenwood and Donald Trump\u2019s \u201cGod Bless the USA&#8221; Bibles. The campaign website tells people to give money for the Bibles because \u201cGOD, CHRISTIANITY AND MORAL VALUES ARE OF THE UTMOST IMPORTANCE.\u201d<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We quickly asked the court to stop Walters and other state officials from taking any action to implement the Bibles Back in School Campaign and distribute Bibles to public schools.<\/span><\/p><p>In July 2025, Walters &#8216;demanded&#8217; that the Court allow him to purchase Bibles and Bible-based instructional materials ahead of the new schoolyear. <strong>Not on our watch.<\/strong> AU filed another brief opposing Walters&#8217; demand.<\/p><h2>Case 2: Bible-infused Social Studies Curriculum<\/h2><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Walters is now trying to force his version of Christianity into public schools through a new set of state-mandated academic standards for social studies. If allowed to take effect, these standards will force public-school teachers to promote and favor particular religious beliefs to their students.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The new curriculum standards are replete with several dozen references to the Bible and Christianity while containing few mentions of other faiths. These references target impressionable elementary-school children as young as first graders; inaccurately present Bible stories as literal, historical facts; inaccurately proclaim the Bible and Christianity\u2019s influence on the founding of America and the country\u2019s laws; and favor Christianity over other faiths and beliefs in other ways.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The new standards also require other inaccurate teachings, including by presenting disproven contentions about the legitimacy of the 2020 election, and by conveying as unquestioned truth the controversial theory that the COVID-19 pandemic originated in a Chinese laboratory.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So Americans United and Oklahoma Appleseed Center for Law and Justice are suing Superintendent Walters, the State Department of Education, and the State Board of Education.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><h3>Thirty-three Oklahoma parents, children, teachers and faith leaders are suing<\/h3><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our lawsuit\u2014on behalf of thirty-three Oklahoma parents, children, teachers, and faith leaders\u2014argues that the standards violate numerous state laws and the Oklahoma Constitution. It explains that the approval of the standards violated the Oklahoma Open Meeting Act and other procedural requirements because Oklahoma officials gave no notice to the public\u2014or even to members of the State Board of Education themselves\u2014that <\/span><b>the version of the standards submitted to the Board for a vote was substantially different from the version that had been publicly released<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The standards also run afoul of a statutory requirement that Oklahoma\u2019s academic standards be accurate and age appropriate.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And the new standards violate the Oklahoma Constitution\u2019s religious-freedom protections by promoting and favoring one religion over others and over nonreligion in public schools, including to especially impressionable first and second graders.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On September 15, 2025, the Oklahoma Supreme Court issued an order putting the new standards on hold. The court prohibited Walters and the state from implementing the new standards. State officials are also prohibited from spending any state funds on the standards. The court ordered the state to treat the prior version of the standards, which were enacted in 2019, as remaining in effect. <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-165fdff e-con-full e-flex ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-child\" data-id=\"165fdff\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d41e91f black-text-link elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d41e91f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>As we confront the ongoing threats posed by Christian Nationalists like Ryan Walters, Americans United is dedicated to safeguarding the rights of all individuals. We strive to maintain a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.au.org\/how-we-protect-religious-freedom\/issues\/schools-and-learning\/\">public education<\/a> system that remains inclusive and secular, reflecting the diverse beliefs of every Oklahoman.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-9892a21 e-flex e-con-boxed ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9892a21\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f22e5dc elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"f22e5dc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"_bible\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cb70494 elementor-position-left elementor-view-default elementor-mobile-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-box\" data-id=\"cb70494\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-wrapper\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<span  class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-folder-open\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-icon-box-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span  >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBible-Education Mandate\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-8123242 e-flex e-con-boxed ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8123242\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-2d82787 e-con-full e-flex ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2d82787\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d5a212f e-n-tabs-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-n-tabs\" data-id=\"d5a212f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;tabs_justify_horizontal&quot;:&quot;start&quot;,&quot;horizontal_scroll&quot;:&quot;disable&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"nested-tabs.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-n-tabs\" data-widget-number=\"224010543\" aria-label=\"Tabs. 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elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d809209\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">TYPE<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-8377e4f e-con-full e-flex ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8377e4f\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23cc8ef black-text-no-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"23cc8ef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Counsel<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-ca4f6ad e-con-full e-flex ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-child\" 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Court<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-bd01d5c e-con-full e-flex ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-child\" data-id=\"bd01d5c\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-feafe53 black-text-no-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"feafe53\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">ISSUES<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-ad00fbd e-con-full e-flex ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ad00fbd\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bdc867d black-text-no-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bdc867d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Nontheist, Atheist, Humanist<\/span>, <span>Public Schools<\/span>, <span>Religious Discrimination in Schools<\/span>, <span>Religious Minorities<\/span>, <span>Teaching Religion in Public Schools<\/span>, <span>White Christian Nationalism<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-96f2666 black-text-link elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"96f2666\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\"><p>Oklahoma State Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters is trying to spend millions of Oklahoma taxpayer dollars to put a Bible in every fifth- through twelfth-grade public-school classroom in the state. And he\u2019s trying to force Oklahoma public-school teachers to incorporate the Bible into their everyday lessons. In June and July 2024, Superintendent Walters laid out this Bible Education Mandate in two official memoranda to all Oklahoma public school districts. In September and October 2024, Superintendent Walters and the Oklahoma State Department of Education took steps toward spending $3 million in state funds to buy 55,000 King James Version Bibles and send them to every school district in the state.<\/p>\n<p>On October 17, 2024, Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Oklahoma Appleseed Center for Law &amp; Justice, the American Civil Liberties Union, the American Civil Liberties Union of Oklahoma, and the Freedom From Religion Foundation filed a lawsuit in the Supreme Court of the State of Oklahoma on behalf of 32 Oklahomans\u2014parents, students, teachers, LGBTQ+ people, indigenous people, nonreligious and religious folks, and clergy members.<\/p>\n<p>Our suit argues that Superintendent Walters and the State Department of Education grossly exceeded their authority by issuing the Bible Education Mandate and attempting to use state funds to purchase Bibles\u2014and that they illegally ignored Oklahoma procedural requirements along the way. Further, the religious-freedom provisions of Oklahoma\u2019s Constitution prohibit spending state funds to support religious items or one particular religious tradition. Spending millions of dollars on King James Version Bibles\u2014a Protestant version of the Bible\u2014plainly violates the Oklahoma Constitution and its promise of church\u2013state separation.<\/p>\n<p>Our suit asks the Court to rule that the Bible Education Mandate is invalid and unenforceable and that any spending of state funds in furtherance of the Mandate would be unlawful and void. It also asks the Court to prohibit actions to implement or enforce the Bible Education Mandate, including spending any state funds to purchase Bibles. Finally, our suit asks the Court to require rescission of the Bible Education Mandate and withdrawal of attempts to purchase Bibles for use in Oklahoma public-school classrooms.<\/p>\n<p>On March 10, 2025, the Court halted Walters, temporarily, from spending state funds to buy Bibles and supplemental instructional materials that integrate the Bible. On March 12, 2025, we asked the Court to halt a scheme by Walters to distribute to public schools donated copies of entertainer Lee Greenwood and Donald Trump\u2019s \u201cGod Bless the USA Bibles.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In July 2025, Walters &#8216;demanded&#8217; that the Court allow him to purchase Bibles and Bible-based instructional materials ahead of the new schoolyear. <strong>Not on our watch.<\/strong> AU filed another brief opposing Walters&#8217; demand.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider  elementor-element elementor-element-fcf6fdb e-con-full e-flex ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-child\" id=\"e-n-tab-content-2240105432\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-tab-title-2240105432\" data-tab-index=\"2\" style=\"--n-tabs-title-order: 2;\" data-id=\"fcf6fdb\" 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class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eeff0ac elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"eeff0ac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div>\r\n  <ul class=\"case-documents\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.au.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/oklahoma_bible_lawsuit_petition_filing_10172024.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"icon\"><i class=\"fas fa-arrow-down\"><\/i><\/span> Oklahoma Bible Lawsuit Petition<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.au.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/oklahoma_bible_lawsuit_filing_10172024.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"icon\"><i class=\"fas fa-arrow-down\"><\/i><\/span> Oklahoma Bible Lawsuit Brief<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.au.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1061308467-20250310-144215-.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"icon\"><i class=\"fas fa-arrow-down\"><\/i><\/span> Order of Stay<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.au.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2025-03-12-Petitioners-supplemental-application-re-Bibles-Back-in-School-Campaign.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"icon\"><i class=\"fas fa-arrow-down\"><\/i><\/span> Petitioners Supplemental Application re: Bibles Back in School Campaign<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.au.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2025-8-7-Response.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"icon\"><i class=\"fas fa-arrow-down\"><\/i><\/span> August 7 Response<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-110253c e-flex e-con-boxed ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"110253c\" 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Randall v. 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class=\"ae-post-date-09-14-2025\">2025.09.14<\/span>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-1f20eae e-con-full e-flex ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1f20eae\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-4f330c5 e-con-full e-flex ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4f330c5\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ff53955 black-text-no-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ff53955\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">STATUS<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-ca7310f e-con-full e-flex ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ca7310f\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b62cb50 black-text-no-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b62cb50\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Ongoing<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-20b08ab e-con-full e-flex ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-child\" data-id=\"20b08ab\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d809209 black-text-no-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d809209\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">TYPE<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-8377e4f e-con-full e-flex ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8377e4f\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23cc8ef black-text-no-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"23cc8ef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Counsel<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-ca4f6ad e-con-full e-flex ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ca4f6ad\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-14cfbff black-text-no-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" 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data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-feafe53 black-text-no-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"feafe53\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">ISSUES<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-ad00fbd e-con-full e-flex ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ad00fbd\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bdc867d black-text-no-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bdc867d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Public Schools<\/span>, <span>Teaching Religion in Public Schools<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-96f2666 black-text-link elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"96f2666\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\"><p>Oklahoma State Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters wants to force his version of Christianity into public schools through a new set of state-mandated academic standards for social studies. If allowed to take effect, these standards will force public-school teachers to promote and favor particular religious beliefs to their students.<\/p>\n<p>The new curriculum standards are replete with several dozen references to the Bible and Christianity while containing few mentions of other faiths. These references target impressionable elementary-school children as young as first graders; inaccurately present Bible stories as literal, historical facts; inaccurately proclaim the Bible and Christianity\u2019s influence on the founding of America and the country\u2019s laws; and favor Christianity over other faiths and beliefs in other ways. The new standards also require other inaccurate teachings, including by presenting disproven contentions about the legitimacy of the 2020 election, and by conveying as unquestioned truth the controversial theory that the COVID-19 pandemic originated in a Chinese laboratory.<\/p>\n<p>So Americans United and Oklahoma Appleseed Center for Law and Justice are suing Superintendent Walters, the State Department of Education, and the State Board of Education. Our lawsuit\u2014on behalf of thirty-three Oklahoma parents, children, teachers, and faith leaders\u2014argues that the standards violate numerous state laws and the Oklahoma Constitution. It explains that the approval of the standards violated the Oklahoma Open Meeting Act and other procedural requirements because Oklahoma officials gave no notice to the public\u2014or even to members of the State Board of Education themselves\u2014that the version of the standards submitted to the Board for a vote was substantially different from the version that had been publicly released. The standards also run afoul of a statutory requirement that Oklahoma\u2019s academic standards be accurate and age appropriate. And the new standards violate the Oklahoma Constitution\u2019s religious-freedom protections by promoting and favoring one religion over others and over nonreligion in public schools, including to especially impressionable first and second graders.<\/p>\n<p>On September 15, 2025, the Oklahoma Supreme Court issued an order putting the new standards on hold. The court prohibited Walters and the state from implementing the new standards. State officials are also prohibited from spending any state funds on the standards. The court ordered the state to treat the prior version of the standards, which were enacted in 2019, as remaining in effect.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider  elementor-element elementor-element-17d79b3 e-con-full e-flex ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-child\" id=\"e-n-tab-content-2226816642\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-tab-title-2226816642\" data-tab-index=\"2\" style=\"--n-tabs-title-order: 2;\" data-id=\"17d79b3\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-f52dccf e-con-full e-flex ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f52dccf\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f472b30 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f472b30\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Case Documents<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-73665df elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"73665df\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-facb2ef elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"facb2ef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div>\r\n  <ul class=\"case-documents\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.au.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Randall-v.-Walters-Petition-7.1.25.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"icon\"><i class=\"fas fa-arrow-down\"><\/i><\/span> Randall v. Walters Petition<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.au.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Brief.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"icon\"><i class=\"fas fa-arrow-down\"><\/i><\/span> Randall v. Walters Brief<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.au.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Application-for-Stay.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"icon\"><i class=\"fas fa-arrow-down\"><\/i><\/span> Randall v. Walters Application for Stay<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.au.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Randall-v.-Walters-Order-9.15.25.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"icon\"><i class=\"fas fa-arrow-down\"><\/i><\/span> Randall v. Walters Stay Order<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-8e95ca2 e-flex e-con-boxed ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8e95ca2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d7006a9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"d7006a9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"_videos\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aafdf3e elementor-position-left elementor-view-default elementor-mobile-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-box\" data-id=\"aafdf3e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-wrapper\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<span  class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-video\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-icon-box-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span  >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tVIDEOS\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-d467839 e-flex e-con-boxed ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d467839\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aac1020 elementor-skin-coverflow elementor-pagination-type-bullets elementor-pagination-position-outside elementor-widget elementor-widget-media-carousel\" data-id=\"aac1020\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;skin&quot;:&quot;coverflow&quot;,&quot;slides_per_view&quot;:&quot;3&quot;,&quot;speed&quot;:1500,&quot;autoplay_speed&quot;:7000,&quot;pagination&quot;:&quot;bullets&quot;,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;loop&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;pause_on_hover&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;pause_on_interaction&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;space_between&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;space_between_laptop&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;space_between_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;space_between_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"media-carousel.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-swiper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-main-swiper swiper\" role=\"region\" aria-roledescription=\"carousel\" aria-label=\"Slides\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.au.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/oklahoma_bible_lawsuit_rachel_on_cnn_10-15-2024.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"aac1020\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Oklahoma Bible Lawsuit - Rachel Laser on CNN\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"Used for a YT video image overlay\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MzEwNjYsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC93d3cuYXUub3JnXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDI0XC8xMFwvb2tsYWhvbWFfYmlibGVfbGF3c3VpdF9yYWNoZWxfb25fY25uXzEwLTE1LTIwMjQuanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiYWFjMTAyMCJ9\" data-elementor-lightbox-video=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xu8ACUSkKZc?feature=oembed&amp;autoplay=1&amp;rel=0&amp;controls=0\">\t\t<div class=\"elementor-carousel-image\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Oklahoma Bible Lawsuit - Rachel Laser on CNN\" style=\"background-image: url(&#039;https:\/\/www.au.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/oklahoma_bible_lawsuit_rachel_on_cnn_10-15-2024.jpg&#039;)\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-custom-embed-play\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"eicon-play\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-screen-only\">Play<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.au.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-16-185501.png\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"aac1020\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Screenshot 2024-10-16 185501\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MzEzMDIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC93d3cuYXUub3JnXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDI0XC8xMFwvU2NyZWVuc2hvdC0yMDI0LTEwLTE2LTE4NTUwMS53ZWJwIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiYWFjMTAyMCJ9\" data-elementor-lightbox-video=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vy1ckJog6WI?feature=oembed&amp;autoplay=1&amp;rel=0&amp;controls=0\">\t\t<div class=\"elementor-carousel-image\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Ryan Walters\" style=\"background-image: url(&#039;https:\/\/www.au.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-16-185501.webp&#039;)\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-custom-embed-play\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"eicon-play\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-screen-only\">Play<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.au.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-16-185844.png\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"aac1020\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Screenshot 2024-10-16 185844\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MzEzMDcsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC93d3cuYXUub3JnXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDI0XC8xMFwvU2NyZWVuc2hvdC0yMDI0LTEwLTE2LTE4NTg0NC53ZWJwIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiYWFjMTAyMCJ9\" data-elementor-lightbox-video=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-7OWVyi6uTQ?feature=oembed&amp;autoplay=1&amp;rel=0&amp;controls=0\">\t\t<div class=\"elementor-carousel-image\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Screenshot 2024-10-16 185844\" style=\"background-image: url(&#039;https:\/\/www.au.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-16-185844.webp&#039;)\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-custom-embed-play\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"eicon-play\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-screen-only\">Play<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/TRbVRhOmjSQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\t\t<div class=\"elementor-carousel-image\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Screenshot of Rachel Laser\" style=\"background-image: url(&#039;https:\/\/www.au.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-16-192012.webp&#039;)\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/shorts\/GCwQbmZ83YU?feature=share\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\t\t<div class=\"elementor-carousel-image\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Rachel Laser KGOU Oklahoma\" style=\"background-image: url(&#039;https:\/\/www.au.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-18-100637.webp&#039;)\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-pagination\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-6261254 e-flex e-con-boxed ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6261254\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a22d775 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"a22d775\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"_plaintiffs\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b07751 elementor-position-left elementor-view-default elementor-mobile-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-box\" data-id=\"4b07751\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-wrapper\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<span  class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-users\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-icon-box-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span  >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPlaintiffs\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-f854ba7 e-flex e-con-boxed ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f854ba7\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e234a1 elementor-cta--skin-classic elementor-animated-content elementor-bg-transform elementor-bg-transform-zoom-in elementor-widget elementor-widget-call-to-action\" data-id=\"7e234a1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"call-to-action.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-cta\" href=\"\/about-au\/people\/rev-dr-lori-walke\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__bg-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__bg elementor-bg\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/www.au.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Rev.-Lori-Walke.jpg);\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Revered Lori Walke\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__bg-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-cta__title elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tRev. Dr. Lori Walke\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__description elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSenior Minister of Mayflower Congregational United Church of Christ.\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__button-wrapper elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-cta__button elementor-button elementor-size-\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMEET REV. WALKE\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d3c15aa elementor-cta--skin-classic elementor-animated-content elementor-bg-transform elementor-bg-transform-zoom-in elementor-widget elementor-widget-call-to-action\" data-id=\"d3c15aa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"call-to-action.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-cta\" href=\"\/about-au\/people\/erika-wright\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__bg-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__bg elementor-bg\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/www.au.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Erika-Wright.jpg);\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Erika Wright\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__bg-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-cta__title elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tErika Wright\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__description elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tFounder and leader of the Oklahoma Rural Schools Coalition\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__button-wrapper elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-cta__button elementor-button elementor-size-\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMEET ERIKA WRIGHT\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-39d14f2 elementor-cta--skin-classic elementor-animated-content elementor-bg-transform elementor-bg-transform-zoom-in elementor-widget elementor-widget-call-to-action\" data-id=\"39d14f2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"call-to-action.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-cta\" href=\"\/about-au\/people\/the-rev-dr-mitch-randall\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__bg-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__bg elementor-bg\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/www.au.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Mitch-Randall-scaled.jpg);\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Mitch Randall\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__bg-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-cta__title elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tRev. Dr. Mitch Randall\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__description elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCEO of Good Faith Media and citizen of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__button-wrapper elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-cta__button elementor-button elementor-size-\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMEET REV. RANDALL\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-4f33c8d e-flex e-con-boxed ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4f33c8d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5609275 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"5609275\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"_press\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f610c4 elementor-position-left elementor-view-default elementor-mobile-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-box\" data-id=\"3f610c4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-wrapper\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<span  class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-newspaper\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-icon-box-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span  >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPress Statements\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-84220e8 e-flex e-con-boxed ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"84220e8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-4830fc1 e-con-full e-flex ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4830fc1\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-835d829 elementor-widget elementor-widget-n-accordion\" data-id=\"835d829\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;default_state&quot;:&quot;all_collapsed&quot;,&quot;max_items_expended&quot;:&quot;multiple&quot;,&quot;n_accordion_animation_duration&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;ms&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:400,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"nested-accordion.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-n-accordion\" aria-label=\"Accordion. Open links with Enter or Space, close with Escape, and navigate with Arrow Keys\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-1370\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"1\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-1370\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Americans United denounces Ryan Walters\u2019 Christian Nationalist plan to require Oklahoma public schools to use the Bible in classroom instruction <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-742c797 e-con-full e-flex ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-child\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-1370\" data-id=\"742c797\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-c1a86a6 e-con-full e-flex ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-child\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-1370\" data-id=\"c1a86a6\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ec6834b black-text-link elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ec6834b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>June 2024 &#8211; Americans United for Separation of Church and State President and CEO Rachel Laser issued the following statement in response to Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters\u2019\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/walliswrites\/status\/1806378149640355970\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announcement<\/a> today he will require Oklahoma public schools to use the Bible in instruction.<\/p><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.au.org\/the-latest\/press\/americans-united-denounces-ryan-walters-christian-nationalist-plan-to-require-oklahoma-public-schools-to-use-the-bible-in-classroom-instruction\/\">Read the statement here.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-1371\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"2\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-1371\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Americans United urges Oklahoma school districts to ignore Ryan Walters\u2019 unlawful Bible-instruction guidelines <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-7392d8b e-con-full e-flex ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-child\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-1371\" data-id=\"7392d8b\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-cfec6ea e-con-full e-flex ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-child\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-1371\" data-id=\"cfec6ea\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a5007c3 black-text-link elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a5007c3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>July 2024<\/strong> &#8211; Americans United for Separation of Church and State President and CEO Rachel Laser issued the following statement in response to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.au.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/OK-Dept-of-Ed-Bible-Instructional-Guidelines-7.24.24.pdf\">guidelines<\/a> distributed today by Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters that purport to require Oklahoma public schools to use the Bible in classroom instruction.<\/p><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.au.org\/the-latest\/press\/okbibleinstruction\/\">Read the statement here.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-1372\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"3\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-1372\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> AU &amp; allies request records related to Oklahoma Superintendent Ryan Walters\u2019 biblical schooling mandate <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-4964c24 e-con-full e-flex ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-child\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-1372\" data-id=\"4964c24\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-8cf634c e-con-full e-flex ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-child\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-1372\" data-id=\"8cf634c\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b8e350f black-text-link elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b8e350f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>July 2024<\/strong> \u2013 A coalition of civil rights organizations is making a joint request for records related to Oklahoma State Department of Education Superintendent Ryan Walters\u2019 recent mandate that the Bible be incorporated into public school teaching.<\/p><p>Americans United for Separation of Church and State, the ACLU of Oklahoma, American Civil Liberties Union, Freedom From Religion Foundation, and Oklahoma Appleseed Center for Law &amp; Justice are requesting the Oklahoma State Department of Education to provide records related to three official mandates by Walters:<\/p><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.au.org\/the-latest\/press\/ryanwaltersinvestigation\/\">Read the statement here.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-1373\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"4\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-1373\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> AU &amp; allies seek records related to Oklahoma State Department of Education spending millions on Bibles <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-dd04ebd e-con-full e-flex ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-child\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-1373\" data-id=\"dd04ebd\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-0babbed e-con-full e-flex ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-child\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-1373\" data-id=\"0babbed\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-118efd8 black-text-link elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"118efd8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>October 2024<\/strong> \u2013 Today, a coalition of civil rights organizations is making a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.au.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Okla-Records-Request-re-spending-on-Bibles-10.3.24.pdf\">joint request for additional records<\/a>\u00a0related to Oklahoma State Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters\u2019 recent mandate to inject the Bible into public school teaching.<\/p><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.au.org\/the-latest\/press\/oklahoma-record-request\/\">Read statement here.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-1374\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"5\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-1374\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Americans United and allies oppose Oklahoma Education Superintendent Ryan Walters\u2019 latest push for religion in public schools <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-96bc6a9 e-flex e-con-boxed ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-child\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-1374\" data-id=\"96bc6a9\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38383d3 black-text-link elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"38383d3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>November 2024<\/strong> \u2013 AU and our allies challenge Oklahoma State Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters\u2019 latest attempt to impose religion on students in the state\u2019s public school system.<\/p><p>To promote his new \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/sde.ok.gov\/press-release\/2024-11-12\/walters-announces-office-religious-liberty-and-patriotism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Office of Religious Liberty and Patriotism<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sde.ok.gov\/press-release\/2024-11-12\/walters-announces-office-religious-liberty-and-patriotism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">,<\/a>\u201d Walters emailed all superintendents within the state a \u201cMandatory Announcement\u201d that linked to a video entitled \u201cPrayer for the Nation.\u201d Additionally, the email asserted that all Oklahoma schools must play the video for all their students and send it to their parents. In the video, Walters blames the \u201cradical left\u201d and \u201cwoke teachers unions\u201d for \u201cattacking\u201d religious liberty and then delivers a lengthy prayer supporting President-elect Donald Trump. Walters encourages students to join in his prayer.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.au.org\/the-latest\/press\/ryan-walters-prayer-video\/\"><strong>Read statement here.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-1375\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"6\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-1375\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Americans United criticizes Ryan Walters\u2019 draft Oklahoma social studies curriculum <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-229d131 e-con-full e-flex ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-child\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-1375\" data-id=\"229d131\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69da30e black-text-link elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"69da30e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>December 2024<\/strong> &#8211; Americans United for Separation of Church and State criticized the proposed Oklahoma social studies curriculum because aspects of the proposed standards appear designed to promote Christianity to public school students as young as first graders and to advance Christian Nationalist myths and disinformation about the influence of Christianity on the Founding.<\/p><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.au.org\/the-latest\/press\/oklahoma-social-studies-curriculum\/\">Read statement here.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-1376\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"7\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-1376\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Oklahoma Supreme Court urged to block Superintendent Ryan Walters\u2019 latest attempts to buy Bibles and Bible-infused instructional materials for public schools <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-b7d851f e-con-full e-flex ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-child\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-1376\" data-id=\"b7d851f\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa3ecce black-text-link elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"aa3ecce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>March 2025<\/strong>\u2013 In a brief filed with the Oklahoma Supreme Court, Oklahoma parents and children, public school teachers and faith leaders who are plaintiffs in the lawsuit <em>Rev. Lori Walke v. Ryan Walters<\/em> asked the court to block state officials from fulfilling Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters\u2019 latest requests for Bibles and Bible-infused instructional materials.<\/p><p><strong>Read the statement here.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-1377\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"8\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-1377\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Oklahoma Supreme Court blocks Superintendent Ryan Walters\u2019 attempts to purchase Bibles and Bible-infused instructional materials <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-95a9ad1 e-con-full e-flex ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-child\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-1377\" data-id=\"95a9ad1\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-227f723 e-con-full e-flex ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-child\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-1377\" data-id=\"227f723\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-98a72a5 black-text-link elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"98a72a5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>March, 2025<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 In a victory for religious freedom, public education and church-state separation, the Oklahoma Supreme Court today temporarily blocked Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters and the Oklahoma State Department of Education (OSDE) from spending taxpayer dollars on Bibles and Bible-infused instructional materials. The order came in the lawsuit <em>Rev. Lori Walke v. Ryan Walters<\/em>, which was filed in October 2024 on behalf of 32 Oklahoma families, teachers and faith leaders.<\/p><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.au.org\/the-latest\/press\/oklahoma-supreme-court-blocks-bible-purchase\/\">Read the statement here.<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-1378\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"9\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-1378\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Clergy, families urge Oklahoma Supreme Court to stop yet another attempt by Superintendent Ryan Walters to push Bibles into public schools <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-3670091 e-con-full e-flex ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-child\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-1378\" data-id=\"3670091\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d3e5fc black-text-link elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4d3e5fc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>March 2025<\/strong> \u2013 Parents and children, public school teachers and faith leaders who are plaintiffs in the lawsuit <em>Rev. Lori Walke v. Ryan Walters<\/em> asked the Oklahoma Supreme Court to block Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters\u2019 latest scheme to distribute Bibles to Oklahoma schools.<\/p><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.au.org\/the-latest\/press\/oklahomans-urge-supreme-court-stop-ryan-walters\/\">Read statement here.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-1379\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"10\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-1379\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Action promised against Okla.\u2019s new Christian Nationalist social studies curriculum <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-85455df e-flex e-con-boxed ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-child\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-1379\" data-id=\"85455df\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58b2592 black-text-link elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"58b2592\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>May 2025<\/strong> \u2013 AU and it&#8217;s allies condemn Oklahoma State Superintendent Ryan Walters\u2019 latest attempt to impose religion on students in the state\u2019s public school system. Walters\u2019 new social studies curriculum standards, which will promote Christianity to public school students as young as first graders, are poised to go into effect.\u00a0<\/p><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.au.org\/the-latest\/press\/oklahoma-social-studies-curriculum-2\/\">Read statement here.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-13710\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"11\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-13710\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Oklahomans sue to stop new social studies standards from promoting Christianity <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-9c7e248 e-flex e-con-boxed ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-child\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-13710\" data-id=\"9c7e248\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d5fb922 black-text-link elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d5fb922\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>July, 2025<\/strong> &#8211; Thirty-three Oklahomans \u2013 including parents and children, public school teachers and faith leaders \u2013 today filed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.au.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Randall-v.-Walters-Petition-7.1.25.pdf\">a lawsuit<\/a>\u00a0urging the Oklahoma Supreme Court to block Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters and the Oklahoma State Department of Education from implementing new K-12 social studies standards that unconstitutionally promote Christianity to public school students. The lawsuit,\u00a0<i>Rev. Dr. Mitch Randall v. Ryan Walters<\/i>, seeks an injunction to prevent the new standards from being implemented in the 2025-26 school year.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.au.org\/the-latest\/press\/social-studies-standards-lawsuit-okla\/\">Read statement here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-13711\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"12\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-13711\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Court blocks Ryan Walters\u2019 Christian Nationalist social studies standards in Oklahoma <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-b3989cf e-flex e-con-boxed ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-child\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-13711\" data-id=\"b3989cf\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fe67ce6 black-text-link elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fe67ce6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>September, 2025<\/strong> &#8211; the Oklahoma Supreme Court\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.au.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Randall-v.-Walters-Order-9.15.25.pdf\">today put on hold<\/a>\u00a0new K-12 social studies standards enacted by Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters and the Oklahoma State Board of Education (OSBE) that would unconstitutionally promote Christianity to public school students.\u00a0<\/p><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.au.org\/the-latest\/press\/walters-social-studies-standards-block\/\">Read statement here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-20f736d elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"20f736d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-deb28e5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"deb28e5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Are you experiencing religious indoctrination in your public school? 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