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Oklahoma Approves First Religious Charter School in the U.S. (archive.ph)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The Establishment Clause of the First Amendment prohibits government from encouraging or promoting ("establishing") religion in any way. That's why we don't have an official religion of the United States. This means that the government may not give financial support to any religion.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

And as I linked to, that’s a modern political conception we have that historically wasn’t there and was wholly unfounded.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Well it is now bub