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SARose

(1,465 posts)
Tue May 27, 2025, 05:57 PM Tuesday

Oklahoma parents plan to opt children out of new 'ideologically charged' social studies content

Nuria Martinez-Keel, Oklahoma Voice

OKLAHOMA CITY — Frustrated with religious content and polarizing language added to Oklahoma academic standards, some parents say they plan to opt their children out of “ideologically charged” social studies lessons in public schools.

Families and liberal advocates across the state, relying on parental rights laws that Republicans championed, are drafting letters to exempt their children from new social studies content that conservative leaders enacted this year.

“Now that it’s being codified and now that it’s being brought more into the public eye, the liberals have realized that those are our rights too,” Tulsa parent Lauren Parker said.

The “biggest glaring red flag” in the new social studies standards, Parker said, is language that casts doubt on the integrity of the 2020 presidential election. President Donald Trump has refused to concede defeat to Democrat Joe Biden in the 2020 race, despite courts across the country dismissing Trump’s lawsuits claiming election fraud.

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Oklahoma parents plan to opt children out of new 'ideologically charged' social studies content (Original Post) SARose Tuesday OP
It's not defeat if you don't admit it. czarjak Tuesday #1
How soon do they come up with some cockamamie reasons liberal parents cannot opt out of this tulipsandroses Tuesday #2
They're already stupider than dirt. Basso8vb Tuesday #3

tulipsandroses

(7,273 posts)
2. How soon do they come up with some cockamamie reasons liberal parents cannot opt out of this
Tue May 27, 2025, 06:16 PM
Tuesday

They are never ashamed to be hypocrites.

Basso8vb

(1,019 posts)
3. They're already stupider than dirt.
Tue May 27, 2025, 07:20 PM
Tuesday

I haven't stepped foot in that shithole state since 1992 and never plan to do so again.

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