supreme court It will weigh an effort to create the country's first religious rental school with effects on selecting schools and religious practices.
On Friday, the court approved hearing two cases in this regard, which will be discussed together – the council of Oklahoma School at the state level against Dramund and St. Issidor of the Seville Catholic School against Dramund.
In 2023, the Board of Directors of the Virtual Charter School voted at the state level to approve a request from the Roman Catholic diocese in Oklahoma City and the Tolsa diocese for the K-12 school via the Internet, and the St. Issidodor School at Seville Virtual School.
Oklahoma HarshilsFaith leaders and an educational group sought to prevent school after approval.
In Resolution 7-1, the Supreme Court in Oklahoma found that the School of the Religious Charter funded by taxpayers will violate the first amendment ruling on “establishing the debt” and the state constitution.
The Supreme Court will weigh an effort to establish the first religious rental school in the country. (Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images)
Judge James Winshster wrote in the majority of the court: “During the Oaklahoma period, a rented school is a public school,” Judge James Winschester wrote in the majority of the court. “As such, a rented school must be inherited.
“However, St. Issidor will mix the Catholic curriculum while sponsored by the state.”
Jim Campbell, the chief adviser, told the Freedom Defense Alliance, the Fox News case “mainly about religious discrimination and the choice of schools.”
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“The Supreme Court has been clear in three cases over the past eight years that you cannot create a general program of this and then exclude Religious organizations“Therefore, we will argue with the court that Oklahoma should be allowed to open the program for religious organizations,” Campbell said.
Republican Prosecutor in Oklahoma, Jintner Dramund, was originally stabbed with the approval of the school. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
Campbell says the decision will give parents, families and the state “more educational options.”
The public prosecutor of the Republican in Oklahoma, who was originally stabbed in the approval of the school, said that the establishment of the school is unconstitutional. Fox News Digital spokesman said in a statement that the Prosecutor “is looking forward to presenting our arguments before the Supreme Court.”
Dramund said in a statement issued in October: “I will continue to defend strongly from the religious freedom of all 4 million Oklahluman.” “This non -constitutional plan to create the first religious school in the country will open the gates and force the taxpayers to finance all types of religious indoctrination, including extremist Islam or even the Satan Church. Fighting to protect their rights that God has endowed and support the law.”
The Oklahoma case is one of the many issues of religious institutions that have been submitted in the Supreme Court.
In 2017, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Missouri Church, which filed a lawsuit against the state after the taxpayer funds rejected a stadium project as a result of a ruling prohibiting state financing of religious entities.
Likewise, in 2020, the Supreme Court canceled the imposition of a ban on taxpayers financing for religious schools in Resolution 5-4 that supports Montana's tax program. Recently, in 2022, the Supreme Court ruled that the study aid program in Maine had violated the requirement of the free exercise the first amendment to exclude religious schools from eligibility.
Judge Amy Cony Barrett took herself from the case, although no explanation. (AP Photo/Patrick Semsky)
Campbell said, given the preceding considerations of the court, cases related to religious Educational institutionsIt is “optimistic The Supreme Court will realize that the same principle applies here. “
“You cannot create a rented school program that allows the institutions to participate, but tell religious groups that it cannot be included,” Campbell said. “Therefore, we hope that the Supreme Court will show that people of faith deserve to be part of the rented school program as well.”
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Judge Amy Cony Barrett took herself from the case, although no explanation. The Supreme Court is expected to hear oral arguments in April.
The school’s choice has become a hot problem, especially after the 2024 election course. Critical race theory And another to support the choice of school.
Ron Plezer from Fox News Digital and Associated Press contributed to this report.
