When a white guy invokes the memory of Martin Luther King, you know shit's about to get theocratic.

Start calling them National Christians so we can call them "Nat Cs".

These people are insane. They have to be stopped.

He needs to keep MLK name out of his mouth

I like how he talks about how important the Bible was to the Civil Rights movement, when in fact it was evangelicals who fought against them using Bible quotes.

Can't wait until they progress to: "Yes but you are the wrong kind of Christian."

I’m from Oklahoma and he is way way worse then you think. He is also paying a person from Texas as our curriculum advisor 6 figures and he hasn’t been to our state in years. He also has embezzled state funds and refuses to show our state Congress any financials from the State department of Education. He is a horrid person and a cancer to education

This guy is VERY dangerous. Well-spoken, attractive, young, and unabashedly Christofascist. I could see him running for office soon. NOT GOOD

Did Oklahomans use the Bible when they burned the homes and businesses of the black residents of Tulsa?

"Keep the church and state forever separate." --Ulysses S. Grant, Sept. 29, 1875

OK is ranked 49th in education. I guess they're really trying for 50th🤞

Does anybody still think the whole christian nationalism thing ISN’T by design?

This is exceedingly stupid and frighteningly dangerous. Signed: a Christian and historian

I love how they want to teach the Bible in the schools, but they don’t want to do anything about the poor or the sick or the needy … hypocrites

Can we call it what it really is: Christian Nazism not Christian Nationalism

It's so disgusting to use MLK Jr's faith as an excuse to mandate ONE religion in schools! Are they going to FULLY teach MLK's beliefs then? Of course they won't! 🤮🤬

“the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion.” -The Treaty of Tripoli 1796

Say I'm an ignorant douchebag from Oklahoma without actually saying......

Tell him we gotta teach Islam in schools since they gave the world algebra

Does anybody remember after 2001 how these same guys were ringing alarms about Muslims invading and establishing sharia law? Now they are doing the same exact thing they said they were afraid of.

The Bible is not appropriate for children. Full stop.

I'm a trans dad living with my partner and three children in Tulsa and we are very worried about the fascism that people like Walters just keep getting away with. He doesn't care about our kids. He wants families like mine to be forced to conform to his small minded ideas. Its disgusting.

The state that is 47 in education should be more worried about their children being able to read.

Ridiculous. This violates their own policy of ‘parental rights’ . It also violates the central Christian tenant of ‘free will’ and choice. You can’t be forced to believe anything. They are ‘self-blasphemers’

If we do not rebel, we will all die

HE NEEDS TO BE REMOVED FROM THAT OFFICE ASAP!!

FUN PROJECT: Have the students pin a photo of a conservative politician who failed to adhere to a particular commandment beside that particular commandment. Have them write reports on these individuals. Have them write letters to these individuals asking what inspired them to break the commandment and how much did they enjoy it. Invite them to speak about it in the classroom. Invite the parents as well. Have it in the auditorium. Invite the press. If the politicians do not show then suggest to the press that they visit Washington D.C. and follow up by asking why they chose not to respond to the children’s letters or to show up as their honored guest speaker.

I'm from Oklahoma, was going to be a teacher, a music teacher. and left because, I saw where our state is going and more and more people are okay with it here and it's scary. I hate being intelligent in a dumb state.

So many lies in one speech. He’s competing with Trump.

Conservatives who so proudly tout their fealty to the Constitution want to trash our founding document by violating the First Amendment in hopes of establishing Christianity as the nation's religion. This is precisely what the Constitution prohibits= "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances." The Founders are quite clear= "We may safely affirm that Christianity neither is, nor ever was, a part of the common law." - Thomas Jefferson (Essay on "Whether Christianity is part of the Common Law." from 1764.) "As the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion; as it has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion, or tranquility, of Mussulmen; and as the said States never entered into any war or act of hostility against any Mahometan nation, it is declared by the parties that no pretext arising from religious opinions shall ever produce an interruption of the harmony existing between the two countries.” -Article 11, Treaty of Tripoli (Signed by President John Adams) James Madison had a good bit to say on the subject. (1803): “The purpose of separation of church and state is to keep forever from these shores the ceaseless strife that has soaked the soil of Europe in blood for centuries.” He even said: “Besides the danger of a direct measure of religion and civil government, there is an evil which ought to be guarded against in the indefinite accumulation of property from the capacity of holding it in perpetuity by ecclesiastical corporations." "The day will come when the mystical generation of Jesus by the Supreme Being in the womb of a virgin, will be classed with the fable of the generation of Minerva in the brain of Jupiter. ... But we may hope that the dawn of reason and freedom of thought in these United States will do away with all this artificial scaffolding...." - Thomas Jefferson in an April 11, 1823, letter to John Adams. "Whenever we read the obscene stories, the voluptuous debaucheries, the cruel and tortuous executions, the unrelenting vindictiveness with which more than half the Bible is filled, it would be more consistent that we call it the word of a demon than the word of God. It is a history of wickedness that has served to corrupt and brutalize mankind; and, for my part, I sincerely detest it, as I detest everything that is cruel." - Thomas Paine in his masterpiece "The Age of Reason." "Of all the animosities which have existed among mankind, those which are caused by difference of sentiments in religion appear to be the most inveterate and distressing, and ought most to be deprecated. I was in hopes that the enlightened and liberal policy, which has marked the present age, would at least have reconciled Christians of every denomination so far that we should never again see the religious disputes carried to such a pitch as to endanger the peace of society." - George Washington, letter to Edward Newenham, October 20, 1792; from George Seldes, ed., The Great Quotations, Secaucus, New Jersey: Citadel Press, 1983, p. 726] "If they are good workmen, they may be from Asia, Africa or Europe; they may be Mahometans, Jews, Christians of any sect, or they may be Atheists..." [George Washington, to Tench Tilghman, March 24, 1784, when asked what type of workman to get for Mount Vernon, from The Washington papers, edited by Saul Padover] "...I beg you be persuaded that no one would be more zealous than myself to establish effectual barriers against the horrors of spiritual tyranny, and every species of religious persecution." [George Washington, to United Baptists Churches of Virginia, May, 1789 from The Washington papers, edited by Saul Padover] "Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call to her tribunal every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of a god; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason than that of blindfolded fear." - Thomas Jefferson to his nephew Peter Carr, August 10, 1787.

These people have forgotten one of two reasons we wanted to be free from England. Freedom of religion, freedom from the Church of England.

He is calling the Bible a historical document just like the Louisiana governor did before signing that the ten commandments should be displayed in schools into law. They are trying to get a case to Scotus to break the separation between church and state.

"Christianity neither is, nor ever was a part of the common law." Thomas Jefferson

Ok he says 'President' Trump and then refers to the U.S. leader as just Biden. The disrespect

Rando: "Cool so you'll teach them about how the Bible says you should help the poor and welcome foreigners?" Con: What? No, why would we... Rando: "Ooh how about the part in Numbers which gives instructions on how to perform an abortion?" Con: Are you out of your damn mind? Rando: Will you at least teach them that Jesus said a rich person will never get into heaven? Con: Listen, you little shit

Good morning class. I have been instructed that I must teach a portion of this semester from the Bible. I have entitled our deep dive "The absurdities of the Bible.". We will start with people believing Noah put two of each animal in a boat to save them from a flood of the Earth.

The Bible isn't going to make anyone smarter. These people are delusional!

The Constitution famously fails to contain the words “God” and “slavery.” Enough said.

If they push the bible in my town. I will push for satanic books to be included. And I'm not a satanist.

The bible was also used to justice the oppression of native Americans, it was used to justice slavery of black people, it was used to justify antisemitism, it was snd is still used to justify gen0cide of people all over the world. I hope that gets taught as well while learning America's history through the bible.

I swear this guy is trying really hard to do something so outrageous that the pushback will get so big and he can finally get his victim status.

Christo fascism is gaining ground here in America!!

I’m an Oklahoman and an educational professional. People here are not OK with this, even many Republicans here are anti-Walters, which does give me some hope. He also doesn’t have the legal authority to actually enforce this (yet)

If the Bible is an historical document so is the Kama Sutra.

Will they teach about how slaveowners used the bible to justify slavery?

The mask is alllllllll the way off.

This guy arguing the bible was the basis for the civil rights movement as if he wouldn't decry the civil rights movement as "woke"

As a lifelong Oklahoman routinely 49th, our state motto should be: "Oklahoma, at least we aren't Mississippi"

The Bible doesn't speak of America nor the Western Civilization, infact it speaks of the Middle East in Particular !

We really need to take the Supreme Court back. This is a nightmare.

Make Dictionaries mandatory !

He saod that Black people where also at fault for the Tulsa Massacre because Black people in the community fought back defending themselves.

I would not send my kid to any school or any institution where people like him have any say.

You know, I often forget just how much American history is recorded in the Bible.

Has he ever heard of the importance of having a secular government? Founding fathers were aware of this.

No one should be forced to learn any religion.

Wait though. We have a place designed to educate people on religion and religious documents. Its called church.

Don't tell the Greeks it was the bible that was foundational to western civilization.

This guy saying they should put the Bible in schools isn't even talking about it like a document - he's talking about it like an ideology. No one talks about historical documents like that, even when they're incredibly significant. People *do* talk about ideologies like that, though, especially when they're saying why their team deserves to win. These people just cannot tell the difference between education and indoctrination.

This guy needs to be removed from office NOW!

Oh, the White Taliban.

Oklahoma was Indian Territory during the Civil War and didn't become a state until 1907. So not sure why he's talking like they are part of founding US history.

He is hated by parents and teachers in Oklahoma.

Isn't this what parents, church, Sunday school, confirmation, and Bible studies for?

The bible is a historical document in the same way that any given Spiderman comic is a historical document.

Keep in mind that reading and teaching the Bible is a great way to make more atheists

There is zero educational need for teaching the Bible in many, if not most, courses. I teach physics, the Bible has no say in my teaching physics unless I start teaching the earth is flat. 😳

We need to use ALL options to stop these people. ALL OPTIONS.

Yes let's move onward and backward Christian soldiers what a freak parade

The original Constitution of the United States that was ratified in 1789 had only ONE REFERENCE TO RELIGION: [Article 6] No religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any Office or Public Trust under the United States. The de facto motto of the United States, adopted as part of the Great Seal of the U.S. by an Act of Congress in 1782, was E. Pluribus Unum (Out of Many, One). Congress changed it 174 years later (1956) to "In God We Trust". The ORIGINAL 'Pledge of Allegiance' was written in 1892 by Baptist Minister Francis Bellamy who DID NOT INCLUDE the words "Under God". Those were added by Congress 62 year later (1954). The U.S. didn't issue Paper Currency until 1861, & 'In God We Trust' didn't appear on it for 96 years (1957). “As the government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian Religion" ~ Treaty of Tripoli; initiated under President George Washington, 1796, signed into law by President John Adams, 1797, ratified unanimously by the Senate, 1797, published in full in all 13 states, with no record of complaint or dissent. "I am for freedom of religion and against all maneuvers to bring about a legal ascendancy of one sect over another." --Thomas Jefferson, letter to Elbridge Gerry, January 26, 1799 “Christianity neither is, nor ever was part of the common law.” Thomas Jefferson “Religion and government will both exist in greater purity the less they are mixed together.” James Madison “The government of the United States is not in any sense founded on the Christian religion.” John Adams "In every country, in every age, the priest has always been hostile to liberty...He is always in alliance with the despot, abetting his abuses in return for protection of his own." Thomas Jefferson Founding Father Thomas Paine on Christianity. “The most detestable wickedness, the most horrid cruelties, and the greatest miseries that have afflicted the human race, have had their origin in this thing called revelation, or revealed religion…” AMERICA WAS NOT FOUNDED ON "CHRISTIAN VALUES", IT WAS NEVER MEANT TO BE A CHRISTIAN NATION, IT NEVER WILL BE A CHRISTIAN NATION. AMERICA IS A SECULAR COUNTRY. YOUR "FREEDUM OF RELIGION' ENDS WHERE MY CONSTITUTIONAL & BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS, LIBERTIES & PRIVLEGES BEGIN. DON'T LIKE IT, D!3 MAD ABOUT IT.

if this had happened when i was in school, i would have ended up kicked out. this is nuts

I guarantee he's never actually read it. And if he has, he's only read those parts that inform his bigotry.

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, ….🤨

Shouldn't we all learn Greek religion since Greece was foundational in "western civilization." Roman religion, too.

Our country was founded when the original 13 colonies revolted and decalred themselves independent from the British Empire. Those 13 colonies were establisbed by some wildly different denominations of Christianity. We had Quakers who bought land that is now the state if Pennsylvania. Quaker also established towns in New Jersey and Delaware. We had Calvinists in New England and Catholics in New York, etc. You cannot build a theocracy with such wildly different versions of Christianity and have a united new country. Our founders understood this. Arguing over the bible is useless, because all of these people claim to base their beliefs on the bible. The truth of the matter is most of them have never read the bible other than verses curated for them by whivhever clergy person leading their church services. And they were constantly told the context and meaning by their church and never read it for themselves.

Will they insist on 'teaching' from other works of fiction, too...?

They lie with impunity. They claim the Bible is an historical document and that's the only reason they want it in the classroom. They should just come out and declare they want to force their religion on others. Lying is a sin.

look at those eyes, that dude is gone

What's wrong with a little Bible in schools? I had to sit through daily readings, prayers and hymns, and a entire class called Religious Education (only one religion obviously), and it didn't do me any harm. In fact it made me the atheist I am today.

Teachin' fabricated folklore is a complete waste of time

I'm a Christian but what historical parts is he talking about? Adam and Eve? The earth being a few thousand years old? Is there any line where the Bible isn't taken completely literally? What about when there is actual evidence to the contrary? Bear in mind again I am a Christian, just not a fundamentalist.

The trouble with making the Bible mandatory is that some of those kids are actually going to READ it, and when they do they will discover how full of BS Ryan Walters and his kind are.

Soon will be " your Bible is not mine and you are not Christian enough "

What's unfolding in the US is nothing short of absolutely absurd.

"Seperation of church and state" pls lord have mercy

That heavenly book called the Bible is also pro slavery.....so much for heavenly Love.....

Anyone who says "communist China" has automatically lost all credibility.

I’m Christian and I believe church and state should remain separate. This is ridiculous. If you want your kids to have Christianity apart of the curriculum send them to a Christian/catholic schools they already exist.

This will end up in court and provide another opportunity for the joke of a Supreme court to make mincemeat of democracy.

The Buy-Bull. I do not buy it.

Nazis did the same thing pre WWII.

Why the fuck would a state give one person this much control over all the schools in the state?! I couldn't imagine that for my state and glad I am childfree!

Forced religion. There go all your freedoms.

He better include the 5 pillars of Islam also!!

the bible should be taught in schools, from the perspective of teaching kids the history of misogyny, xenophobia and brainwashing through threats of violence.

Aliens analyzing our civilization to decide whether to introduce themselves: “NOPE” 😂

Does he know that Jesus was a brown, Middle Easterner? 🤣🤣🤣🤣

As a preacher's son, I am disappointed by this. You can't force God on people. He also warned about praying in public for show, which I feel like this is the type of thing Jesus was talking about

One aspect to all this that doesn't seem to be discussed is how this policy is really aimed at tearing down the public school system in favor of private schools. This policy and others like it will drive non-Christian families away from the public school system and into private schools. Long-term, it would likely divert funds away from public schools, worsening the conditions there for teachers and students.

I live in Oklahoma. Walters is the most obnoxious clout-chasing freak i have ever seen in politics. All he does is try to make the news