Fri May 5, 2023 – 4:19 pm EDT
OKLAHOMA CITY (LifeSiteNews) — Oklahoma Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt has vetoed taxpayer funding for the Oklahoma Educational Television Authority (OETA), the state network which carries Oklahoma’s PBS affiliate, citing the public broadcaster’s promotion of LGBT themes to children.
Fox News reports that Stitt vetoed legislation to renew OETA’s status as the state’s public broadcaster for the next two and a half years, meaning it will be dropped from Oklahoma television on July 1.
“I don’t think Oklahomans want to use their tax dollars to indoctrinate kids,” Stitt argued at a press conference. “And some of the stuff that they’re showing, it just overly sexualizes our kids.” He added that OETA, “to me, is an outdated system. It may have had its place in 1957. Why are we spending taxpayer dollars to prop up the OETA? It makes no sense to me.”
“If you want to watch that, that’s fine,” the governor said. “But why am I using taxpayer dollars to prop that up? I don’t think we need that and I’m glad to veto that bill.”
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