Teaching religion in public schools is forbidden in Oklahoma due to a clause in the Oklahoma Constitution that prevents any tax dollars, in any form, from being used in any way to promote any religion.

Prayers are offered at the beginning of public events, but no Clergyperson is allowed to be compensated even one thin dime for doing so.

This has not stopped various groups from trying to find a way around the Constitution in order to allow their views to be taught in public schools, but so far short of changing the Oklahoma Constitution no legal way has been found.

A few years ago there was a craze here to place copies of the Ten Commandments on courthouse lawns. The amounts of money spent to see this through were staggering and, in the end, fruitless. Some groups even had the stones created and dropped them off in the middle of the night and dared the County to remove them. So they did and the result of this was nothing.

Our current Gov. Fallin has been asked to comment on this, but as someone who must take an oath to uphold the Oklahoma Constitution she has simply dodged the question.