The quest to obliterate Oklahoma’s strict constitutional prohibition against spending public tax dollars for religious purposes goes to the U.S. Supreme Court this week.

State courts ruled the proposed St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School would violate the Oklahoma Constitution’s strict church-state separation that was enshrined at statehood and reaffirmed by a 2016 statewide vote aimed at lifting the ban.

But those who want access to public funds for private education – some motivated by religion, others by potential profit – wouldn’t take no for an answer, convinced SCOTUS’ uber-right majority would be more open to the idea.

For this week’s Observercast – Slippery Slope – the Rev. Dr. Lori Walke, senior minister at OKC’s Mayflower Congregational United Church of Christ and a plaintiff in one of two lawsuits seeking to protect church-state separation, joins us to discuss the implications of the case now before the nation’s highest court.

Hint: It’s not just about religion.

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