This is the state superintendent's continuation of focusing on culture
war issues and issues that really divide Oklahomans.
This week, the department put out a request for proposals
looking for a company to pick up the contract to
supply those Bibles.
They say the Bibles must be the King James Version
for historical accuracy and contain both the Old and New
Testaments, but that's not it.
The Bible must also include copies of the Pledge of
Allegiance, Declaration of Independence, Constitution and Bill of Rights.
In a statement today, the department said there are hundreds
of Bible publishers and they expect a robust competition.
But there doesn't seem to be a lot of publishers
currently printing anything that meets the criteria.
I called several publishers across Oklahoma.
None of our Bibles are actually going to carry like
the Constitution or the Bill of Rights are not going
to have the included in them and the country.
Unfortunately, no, we don't have anything expressly like that.
The only one I found was the God Bless the
USA Bible which is endorsed by former President Donald Trump.
This Bible is the King James Version and also includes
our founding father documents.
Yes, the Constitution and for some reason some way that
the Superintendent wants to funnel our taxpayer dollars to the
former president to pad his pockets, which is really unfortunate.
So would the Republican nominee for president get financial support
for the state contract?
According to that Bible S website, their Bible is not
political and has nothing to do with any political campaign
and is not managed, owned or controlled by Trump and
no money from the sale goes to his campaign.
They say they do use a paid license for Trump's
name, image and likeness through a company he owns.
The state Department of Education did not answer a specific
question on whether there was correlation between the Trump endorsed
Bibles and the Bible.
They want the big closes in 10 days in OK
C Dakota Wapakichi KOCO 5 News.