Parents, religious leaders and more filed a lawsuit opposing Oklahoma's taxpayer-funded religious charter school on Monday, arguing for separation of church and state.
Brett Farley, executive director of the Catholic Conference of Oklahoma, weighs in on approval of faith-based charter school.
"Our churches already have the religious freedom to start our own schools if we choose to do so. And parents already have the freedom to send their children to those religious schools. But when we entangle religious schools to the government … we endanger religious freedom for all of us," she continued.
When reached for comment, Americans United for Separation of Church and State referred Fox News Digital to a press release containing comments from its CEO Rachel Laser. Plaintiffs and other criticism voiced concerns that the taxypayer-funded religious charter school will increase the mixture of religion and state.
Proponents of the plan cite its benefits, however. According to Catholic Conference of Oklahoma Executive Director Brett Farley, who appeared on the Fox News Channel shortly after the school was approved, part of the plan was to offer more options for students in the state's rural areas. As news broke of the lawsuit, Farley told the AP that it came as"no surprise" since the intentions to challenge the school were made clear from the beginning.
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