Oklahoma’s top education official said Friday that the state purchased more than 500 Bibles for AP government classes as a step toward providing the religious text in every state classroom.
State Superintendent Ryan Walters said providing Bibles in Oklahoma’s classrooms would provide critical historical, cultural, and literary context for U.S. students and put the state on a path toward improved academic excellence.
“I will take every step possible to ensure Oklahoma students have the resources they need to fully understand American history,” he said in a Nov. 14 statement. “We are not going to change our history, and the Bible is a major part of that.”
While announcing his Bible program, Walters said that the Bible, along with the U.S. Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, and the Bill of Rights, are foundational documents in U.S. history.
“Our kids have to understand the role the Bible played in influencing American history,” he said. “It’s very clear that the radical left has driven the Bible out of the classroom, which leads to a lack of understanding of American history.”
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