The government has no right to control the minds of our children. Yet for over a century, public schools have done just that—imposing an official orthodoxy at taxpayer expense. It’s not just unfair; it’s unconstitutional.
Soon, we will be filing a groundbreaking amicus brief in the case Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board v. Drummond arguing that all taxpayer funded education is an establishment of religion.
The Founders understood that compelling citizens to pay for the propagation of ideas they reject is “sinful and tyrannical.” Yet today, public schools enforce a state-approved ideology of secularism while forcing taxpayers to fund it—exactly what the First Amendment was meant to prevent.
Some claim that the solution is school choice. We do support school choice as a better alternative to what we have now, but this case provides the perfect opportunity to advance an argument from first principles: that public education as a whole is unconstitutional.
Extending government funding to religious schools does not fix the problem—it only expands the government’s role in education. The real solution is ending tax-funded schooling altogether and restoring education to families, churches, and communities where it belongs.
This case could be a turning point in the fight for true freedom in education. But we need your help to spread the word, engage legal experts, and continue challenging unconstitutional government overreach.
Will you stand with us? Your support is critical to advancing this argument and making it clear to the courts: the state has no business in education.
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