So much for the separation of church and state.  I guess only certain amendments are important!

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Presented by nXu  Good morning! The Oklahoma Statewide Virtual Charter School Board made history yesterday with a 3-to-2 vote creating the nation’s first explicitly religious, taxpayer-supported charter school. Linda Jacobson has the details on the approval of St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School — and the likely legal battle to come. [stuff deleted] All this and more, today at The 74. Charter Schools Oklahoma Approves Nation’s First Religious Charter Oklahoma’s Statewide Virtual Charter School Board approved the nation’s first faith-based charter school yesterday,  for the first time allowing public funds to support an explicitly Roman Catholic curriculum and setting up what is sure to be a high-profile legal battle over the separation of church and state. Proponents argue the government can’t discriminate against religious organizations that want to run charters, while Nina Rees of the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools said Catholic leaders “are trying to make charter schools into something they are not.” Linda Jacobson reports. Go Deeper: A Fraught Path: Choice Supporters to Oklahoma Backers of Catholic Charter Schools: ‘Proceed with Caution’ First in the Nation: Oklahoma’s Endorsement of Religious Charter Schools Could Alter Legal Landscape for Choice [stuff deleted]

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