‘The Bible Is the Foundation’: OK Lawmakers Urged to Pass Off-Site Bible Program for Public Schools

A group of national faith leaders is urging the Oklahoma State Legislature to pass a bill that would empower parents in the state with the choice to enroll their children in a Bible education program during public school hours.

Troy Miller, President and CEO of National Religious Broadcasters (NRB); Tony Perkins, President of the Family Research Council; Pastor Samuel Rodriguez, President of National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference; and a host of other Christian leaders are advocating for the Oklahoma State Legislature to pass House Bill 1425 which would create clear guidelines for religious release time programs for public school students. 

In 1952, the Supreme Court ruled that public school students could be released from school during school hours, to receive religious instruction off school property with a parent’s permission. 

“Religious release time gets results,” the group of faith leaders shared in their letter adding that now is the time for the state’s House to bring the bill to the floor for a vote.

“There are forces working feverishly to prevent the passage of HB 1425, leaving Oklahomans vulnerable to legal harassment with respect to Religious Release Time, and making it more difficult for children to receive Bible-based character education,” they explained.

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