Politics and Religion

Board members said they were bound to follow the St. Isidore ruling from the Oklahoma Supreme Court, despite some doing so begrudgingly.

The coalition, including the ACLU and Oklahoma Appleseed Center, claims the theoretical school would “indoctrinate its students in Jewish religious beliefs.”

The Jewish Federation of Tulsa said it was not consulted about an application seeking to found a taxpayer-funded online Jewish charter school.

The decision from Broken Arrow City Council came after a marathon of public comments both in favor of and against the proposed Islamic center.

The Oklahoma chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) called Drummond's investigation a "witch hunt" in a statement.

Not only is the new pope the first from the United States — he has ties to Tulsa as well.

A local group that advocates for Turkish people celebrated community with an interfaith dinner over the weekend.

The Statewide Charter School Board gathered Monday for its first-ever meeting, and one of its first decisions was to hold off acting on a June State Supreme Court order to rescind the contract of the nation’s first publicly funded religious school.

What about the whole "separation of church and state" thing?

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