School leader’s legally questionable plan to boost Bible would do the opposite

Oklahoman would turn text many see as sacred into another political prop

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When Ryan Walters, the Oklahoma superintendent of education, issued a mandate¹ last week requiring use of the Bible as “instructional support” in classes throughout the state, he undoubtedly was intending to raise the Bible’s profile, making it more important in the lives and culture of everyday Oklahomans.

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