A battle over religion and schools in Oklahoma could decide the future of the First Amendment
There is a war raging across the United States on the role of religion in public life, and Ryan Walters is at the center of it. As Oklahoma’s elected official in charge of public education, the conservative Republican and outspoken Christian has been at the forefront of encouraging closer entanglement between government and religion when it comes to one of the most contentious places of all: public schools.