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Families are ‘better off with more choices,’ backers of the school tell the Sun. Opponents say it tramples on the separation of church and state. Oral arguments are set for Tuesday morning after the state’s attorney general filed a lawsuit against the Oklahoma Statewide Virtual Charter School Board for approving a first-of-its-kind Catholic public charter school. pexels.com Monday, April 1, 202416:09:45 pm Oklahoma’s supreme court will hear arguments this week for a case that is paving a new frontier in a longstanding debate about the First Amendment’s free exercise and establishment clauses. Oral arguments are set for Tuesday morning after the state’s attorney general, Gentner Drummond, filed a lawsuit in October against the Oklahoma Statewide Virtual Charter School Board for approving a first-of-its-kind Catholic public charter school. St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School — which declined to comment, citing pending litigation — is set to open later this year and is accepting student applications despite the legal dispute. While the school is open to K-12 students of any faith background in the state, its website notes educational offerings will be “steeped in the richness of the Catholic Intellectual Tradition.” Its namesake, St. Isidore, is recognized by the Catholic […]