Oklahoma superintendent spars with CNN host over Bibles in schools: Liberals 'don't have to like it'

Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters got into a heated back-and-forth with CNN big Pamela Brown implicit public schools utilizing the Bible successful lessons.

The "CNN Newsroom" big opened her conception with Walters asking him astir the backlash implicit his mandate to incorporated the Bible and the Ten Commandments into nationalist schools, amid an ongoing suit against it.

"I person continued to perceive the gaslighting from the left, frankly, adjacent from this network, pushing lies astir what's going connected crossed America," Walters said. "President Trump has a wide mandate. He wants supplication backmost successful school. He wants extremist leftism retired of the classroom, wants our kids to beryllium patriotic, wants parents backmost successful complaint with schoolhouse choice. We're enacting upon that docket present successful Oklahoma. That's what our parents want. Every region successful Oklahoma voted for President Trump. His docket is crystal clear, and we're going to enact it successful the authorities of Oklahoma."

Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters clashed with CNN big Pamela Brown connected utilizing the Bible successful schools. (CNN screenshot)

"I'm not going to instrumentality the bait connected what you said astir gaslighting from this web connected this," Brown responded, pursuing up with a question connected a petition against his mandate.

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"You know, I admit you pushing that left-wing communicative here, but here's the reality. The Constitution—" Walters said earlier Brown interrupted.

"It's not a left-wing narrative," Brown said. "I'm virtually talking astir a petition that parents person signed that's gotten much than 14,000 signatures that person raised this issue."

Walters responded that the Constitution was wide astir spiritual liberty and that the "left doesn't privation our kids to cognize thing astir the relation the Bible played successful American history." Brown argued backmost that the Constitution "is not crystal wide connected that" and "doesn't person God" successful it.

"Look, CNN doesn't person to similar it. Left-wing activists don't person to similar it," Walters said.

"I'm conscionable talking astir facts. It's not my opinion," Brown responded.

"It's a humanities document. The Bible is simply a humanities document. You can't rewrite history, Okay?" Walters said.

Walters enacted a mandate for nationalist schools to usage the Bible successful their program successful June. (iStock)

Brown continued to property Walters implicit teaching graphic parts of the Bible and whether determination should besides beryllium absorption connected different spiritual texts similar the Quran oregon the Book of Mormon. Walters pointed retired the Bible uniquely influenced American past successful ways different religions did not.

"And, again, look, the media doesn't person to similar it, but the world is, the American radical person rejected this gaslighting and person enactment President Trump backmost successful the White House with a wide agenda, and we are going to basal close down the president each measurement of the way," Walters said.

"Okay. And, again, conscionable to beryllium clear, this isn't astir the media not liking it," Brown concluded. "I'm talking astir your critics and whether you're consenting to see their constituent of view, because, arsenic you know, you oversee an full acquisition strategy successful the authorities of Oklahoma with radical with varying viewpoints. And we privation to bring that to light."

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Walters' mandate present faces a suit claiming it violates spiritual liberty. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

Walters enacted his mandate for schools to incorporated the Bible and the Ten Commandments into the curricula for grades 5-10 successful June. Multiple Oklahoma schools, however, insisted they would not alteration their curriculum to see the Bible.

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