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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump-endorsed Bible now mandated for Oklahoma Public Schools. No, really...
Josh Marshall
This is somewhere being hilarious and grotesque. Somehow the new rules for bibles which are now mandated for public schools in Okla are only met by the offiicial "Trump Bible". No really.
10:48 AM · Oct 4, 2024
This is somewhere being hilarious and grotesque. Somehow the new rules for bibles which are now mandated for public schools in Okla are only met by the offiicial "Trump Bible". No really.
10:48 AM · Oct 4, 2024
The Oklahoman - 'Trump Bible' one of few that meet Walters' criteria for Oklahoma classrooms
Jennifer Palmer, Paul Monies, Heather Warlick
Oklahoma Watch
Published 6:33 am / Updated 7:09 am CT
October 4, 2024
Superintendent Ryan Walters isnt just talking about buying Bibles for schools.
Bids opened Monday for a contract to supply the state Department of Education with 55,000 Bibles. According to the bid documents, vendors must meet certain specifications: Bibles must be the King James Version; must contain the Old and New Testaments; must include copies of the Pledge of Allegiance, Declaration of Independence, U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights; and must be bound in leather or leather-like material.
A salesperson at Mardel Christian & Education searched, and though they carry 2,900 Bibles, none fit the parameters.
But one Bible fits perfectly: Lee Greenwoods God Bless the U.S.A. Bible, endorsed by former President Donald Trump and commonly referred to as the Trump Bible. They cost $60 each online, with Trump receiving fees for his endorsement.
Mardel doesnt carry the God Bless the U.S.A. Bible or another Bible that could meet the specifications, the We The People Bible, which was also endorsed by Trump. It sells for $90.
/snip
Jennifer Palmer, Paul Monies, Heather Warlick
Oklahoma Watch
Published 6:33 am / Updated 7:09 am CT
October 4, 2024
Superintendent Ryan Walters isnt just talking about buying Bibles for schools.
Bids opened Monday for a contract to supply the state Department of Education with 55,000 Bibles. According to the bid documents, vendors must meet certain specifications: Bibles must be the King James Version; must contain the Old and New Testaments; must include copies of the Pledge of Allegiance, Declaration of Independence, U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights; and must be bound in leather or leather-like material.
A salesperson at Mardel Christian & Education searched, and though they carry 2,900 Bibles, none fit the parameters.
But one Bible fits perfectly: Lee Greenwoods God Bless the U.S.A. Bible, endorsed by former President Donald Trump and commonly referred to as the Trump Bible. They cost $60 each online, with Trump receiving fees for his endorsement.
Mardel doesnt carry the God Bless the U.S.A. Bible or another Bible that could meet the specifications, the We The People Bible, which was also endorsed by Trump. It sells for $90.
/snip
This is absolutely insane and unconstitutional - I hope the lawsuits fly and these schools lose federal funding - which sucks because it only hurts the children.
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Trump-endorsed Bible now mandated for Oklahoma Public Schools. No, really... (Original Post)
Dennis Donovan
Oct 4
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Prairie Gates
(3,580 posts)1. Griftopia
These people are shameless.
Clouds Passing
(2,805 posts)2. Grotesque indeed. How many lies are in the Dump Bible?
kimbutgar
(23,638 posts)3. I guess the word love is omitted in his fake Bible and substituted with hate.
Kid Berwyn
(18,378 posts)4. Whatever happened to the First Amendment?
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.
While I highlighted the relevant part for Walters and his Turd Reich horde in Oklahoma, I do appreciate the whole thing. For those new to the subject, its from the Constitution.
While I highlighted the relevant part for Walters and his Turd Reich horde in Oklahoma, I do appreciate the whole thing. For those new to the subject, its from the Constitution.
Qutzupalotl
(15,161 posts)5. "...and must contain Lee Greenwood lyrics."
Qutzupalotl
(15,161 posts)6. Even they suspect Trump of being cheap:
must be bound in leather or leather-like material.
Attilatheblond
(4,584 posts)7. Oooooklahoma! where the lawyers are swooping in to sue....
Where the bullshit is high
As an elephant's eye
and xian fundies dictate
what teachers can do....
Feel free to add new lyrics to an old standard.
SleeplessinSoCal
(9,745 posts)8. What in Hell? This is next level American Taliban.
Crazy Christians!!
Bernardo de La Paz
(51,336 posts)9. Do the Okla mandated qurans have to be leather bound too?
littlemissmartypants
(25,954 posts)10. Oh, JESUS!....
Who is really surprised by this? Can't have all that inventory just sitting around in the MAL toilets, can we?
Montauk6
(8,769 posts)11. The Grift That Won't Lift
Initech
(102,537 posts)12. I'd like to tell Ryan Walters where he can shove them...
Fuck that guy, and fuck Fox News for installing him in his position that he in no way, shape or form is even remotely qualified for. And fuck Trump and these stupid Bibles and all of his ridiculous bullshit.