Oklahoma Supreme Court finds Catholic charter school funding unconstitutional [Video]

The Oklahoma Supreme Court blocked plans to open the first faith-based publicly funded charter school in the country with a majority ruling on Tuesday.

In a 6-2 decision, the court ruled that the St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Charter School violated the state constitution as well as the Establishment Clause.

“Under Oklahoma law, a charter school is a public school. As such, a charter school must be nonsectarian. However, St. Isidore will evangelize the Catholic faith as part of its school curriculum while sponsored by the State,” Justice James R. Winchester wrote in the decision.

He added, “Enforcing the St. Isidore Contract would create a slippery slope and what the framers’ warned against – the destruction of Oklahomans’ freedom to practice religion without fear of governmental intervention.”

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