Amy Coney Barrett Recuses Herself as Supreme Court to Hear Religious Charter School Case

In Oklahoma, the debate over public schooling and religious freedom is intensifying as efforts to remove barriers separating church and state coincide with a pivotal Supreme Court case.

The outcome could set a major precedent for how the Constitution is applied in public education.

Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond is in a legal battle with the state's charter school board, aiming to prevent taxpayer dollars from funding faith-based institutions.

In a statement following Governor Kevin Stitt's executive order to position Oklahoma as the nation's strongest defender of religious liberty, Drummond warned that if a taxpayer-funded religious charter school is allowed to open in Oklahoma,

"it will only be a matter of time before taxpayers are funding schools dedicated to Sharia law, Wicca indoctrination, Scientology instruction — even the Church of Satan."