OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — A recorded prayer was emailed in an unlisted YouTube link to Oklahoma school superintendents yesterday, telling them to have the video shared in classrooms and with parents. This is what the email to Oklahoma superintendents said: 
“Dear Superintendent: We are in a dangerous time for this country. Student’s rights and freedoms regarding religious liberties are continuously under assault. The newly created Department of Rel…

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Lawmaker says State Supt. Ryan Walters' 'Prayer to the Nation' video is indoctrination

CNN’s Pam Brown speaks with Oklahoma’s superintendent, Ryan Walters, who directed all public school teachers in his state to play a video to students where he says a prayer for President-elect Donald Trump. Walters is requiring that schools incorporate the Bible into lesson plans for students in grades 5 through 12.

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CNN's Pamela Brown clashed with Oklahoma's school superintendent Ryan Walters over religion in the classroom.Walters announced last week that the state had purchased more than 500 Donald Trump-endorsed Bibles to put into classrooms, and he angered many parents and teachers by directing them to play videos of him praying for the president-elect. "The Constitution is crystal clear on religious liberty," Walters said on CNN Monday. "I know the left…

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Oklahoma Superintendent Ryan Walters is under fire for ordering schools play a video of himself bashing the "radical left" and praying for Trump.

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Oklahoma Superintendent Demands Students Watch Him Pray for Trump

Some Oklahoma lawmakers are worried about how State Superintendent Ryan Walters purchased Bibles outside of the normal bidding process.

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The state AG's office said Ryan Walters can't force schools to show a video of him attacking teachers' unions and praying for Trump.

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Oklahoma schools chief tries —and fails — to force-feed students pro-Trump propaganda

In Oklahoma, MAGA Republican Ryan Walters — state superintendent of public instruction and a far-right Christian nationalist — has ordered schools to show a pro-Donald Trump prayer video. Walters defended his position during a Monday, November 18 appearance on CNN, but he got some vehement pushback when host Pamela Brown repeatedly debunked his claims.Walters declared, "I've continued to hear the gaslighting from the left, and frankly, even from…

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Oklahoma State Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters defended on Monday his decision to force his state’s public schools to show students a video in which he spews right-wing rhetoric ...

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Lawmaker says State Supt. Ryan Walters’ ‘Prayer to the Nation’ video is indoctrination

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