Why is the Oklahoma Superintendent using $3 million taxpayer dollars to buy 55,000 Trump-endorsed Bibles for public schools?

[Anonymous]

[buzzword]

They are buying enough Bibles for about 7.5% of the student body of Oklahoma which isn't an extraordinary amount of them given that libraries general have several copies to be lent to students, comparative world religions courses use them as part of their curriculum, mental health counseling may have them on hand, copies may be used for after school clubs, etc. While $54.54 for that particular quality of Bible seems a little high given that from the materials used you can find comparable Bibles on Amazon for like $35-40 that were printed in China, the God Bless the USA Bible does also include the Lyrics to the God Bless the USA song, the United States Declaration of Independence, the Constitution of the United States/Bill of Rights, and The Pledge of Allegiance which would also lend itself well to civics courses on American government and American History granting the book some versatility in the education system beyond it's religious uses. So maybe that justifies a slight price increase and helps to boost patriotism and basic understanding of American law.

[Anonymous]

Standard Trump behavior. He spent 4 years funnelling taxpayer money to himself every chance he got.

[Asker]

And his supporters think this guy is going to save the economy when takes money from sick kids with i have asthma to teach his bible in schools.

[saraupstairs]

Do you not know why he chose those bibles?

[Asker]

To help Trump pay for his legal fees.

[saraupstairs]

Why those particular bibles?

[Asker]

Why do they have a man document next to god's divine words? I like the constitution too, but Trump said he wants to abolish to give himself more power and it's a man-made document it's blasphemy. Christians worship god not a man. It's so they can money in Trumps bank account simple as that. The constitution is literature he doesn't read just like the bible.

[saraupstairs]

So you would like these bibles if they didn't have those documents in there?

[Agape93]

To funnel money to Trump

[exitseven]

Maybe this is what the parents want