Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) said teaching the Bible to Oklahoma's public school educators is “a slippery slope” when the teachers themselves “may not be believers.” “It's an easy slope,” he said.
Mullin, who serves on a Senate committee that oversees education, said he wants his children to know the Bible. I think when placed in the hands of a teacher who may not be a believer, it becomes a slippery slope, teaching words that can be easily taken out of context. ”
“If the state requires that, then the state should also require that seminary graduates teach,” Mullin said Wednesday during an appearance on NewsNation's “The Hill.”
“If you leave it in the hands of public school teachers who can't actually teach because they don't teach themselves, it can cause a lot of confusion,” he added.
The Republican senator's comments came a week after Oklahoma State Superintendent Ryan Walters did not rule out the idea of making Bibles mandatory in schools a national mandate.
“I believe that if you're teaching American history, you should absolutely include the Bible. And we can't allow left-wing activists to sit here and say they hate Christianity,” Walters said. he said.
“It has to be in the classroom. We're going to make sure that history is taught in every class. That means kids know about American exceptionalism,” he said last week. “So our kids are going to see the role that faith has played. Here in Oklahoma, we're unapologetic about that. We're going to teach everyone about the role that the Bible has played in American history.” I want my students to know this.”
Mr. Walters said that because his home state of Oklahoma requires the Bible to be used in all public school classrooms and for educators to utilize lessons about the Bible's influence on American culture and history. Collected headlines. In October, the state's top educators were sued over the policy by parents and other educators who say the mandate is unconstitutional.
Asked by NewsNation host Blake Berman on Wednesday whether the state should “rescind” that requirement, Marin said, “It's not possible for people who are Biblically trained, seminary graduates or other types of Unless you're asking for a person, it's different.” If you're a Bible school teacher, yes, that's probably the wrong thing to do. ”
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