66,600 Bibles for $66.60 dollars each to shove down students throats

David Gamble
Science and Critical Thinking
7 min readOct 9, 2024

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Well OK, not quite 66,600 copies, it is actually 55,000. Each copy will also cost way more than $66.60.

Ryan Walters, the Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction pictured above, is once again demonstrating that there are consequences if you elect incompetent religious fanatics into positions of responsibility.

The Oklahoman reports that the guy who previously issued a memo not too long ago demanding that every teacher must use the bible in every class, now plans to spend $6 million of taxpayers money to buy bibles for every single classroom…

State schools Superintendent Ryan Walters called Thursday for another $3 million to provide a Bible in every public school classroom.

Walters said during the monthly meeting of the Oklahoma State Board of Education that the funds would be coupled with $3 million from last year for a total of $6 million to provide Bibles for public schools throughout Oklahoma.

He said he wanted to purchase New King James Version editions that were free from commentary, although he noted it would be fine if the books included other key historical documents, such as the U.S. Constitution.

His justification is …

It’s simply to be the text of a historical…

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