• Today@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Ohhhh… Yeah, if that had been a Baptist school they would have won. I’m sure someone said, “if the Catholics get a school then the muslims and satanists will want one too.” Right call, wrong reason.

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      4 months ago

      The AG responsible for this said almost literally that, in the article.

      Now Oklahomans can be assured that our tax dollars will not fund the teachings of Sharia Law or even Satanism.

      I’ll still take it, though.

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      4 months ago

      You’re thinking of the Deep South. Baptists aren’t a big thing in OK, in fact I always thought they were viewed as slightly weird.

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        4 months ago

        Growing up there most families i knew were Baptist or Church of Christ, with a few methodists thrown in. Used to joke that Oklahoma would stay dry as long as Baptists could stumble to the polls.

        ETA- All of my friends went to Falls Creek camp. They invited me but i was never allowed to go because one friend told a story about hammering nails into a cross and crying. That’s where most people i knew had their first ‘romantic experiences’ - first kiss, etc.