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The state recently approved $3 million for the purchase of Bibles in its 2025-’26 budget.
Four civil rights groups have asked that the Oklahoma State Department of Education hand over all records related to its expenditures on Bibles .
The groups say that teaching the Bible in public schools could send harmful messages that reinforce gender stereotypes and demonize the LGBTQ+ community.
The Center for Inquiry is urging Texas school districts not to use curriculum materials that incorporate Bible stories and Christianity into K5 instruction.
Critics of the materials have said that they advance a Christian nationalist platform.
The Texas Education Agency maintains that Biblical narratives are included because of the “literary and historical value of the content”.
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