Rep. Ty Burns' Bill To Mandate King James Bible In Public Schools

It's filing time for the 2022 legislature, and thousands of ideas are coming in, in the guise of making Oklahoma a better place for all of us.
  Rep. Ty Burns(R-Pawnee) just filed an amendatory bill with an emergency clause for a more immediate implementation. It includes the following changes to current laws authorizing religious studies in public high schools.

•  A licensed minister may teach the elective class as a non-paid volunteer.
• The King James Bible shall be the primary text of any bible classes.
• The school library must have a King James Bible.

  The framework for high school bible electives is already law in Oklahoma. Burns merely adds some changes. One benefit of Burns' bill is that the King James is not subject to copyright royalty payments. It's a cheap text that the Gideon Bible Society often donates to students and schools.
  One ambiguity of Burns' amendment is whether the clergy would have to be also a qualified social studies teacher with a valid Oklahoma teaching certificate? That can easily be amended in committee by adding the word 'and' or 'or' at the beginning of the 2nd sentence of Section 11-103.11. E.

Rep. Ty Burns is expected to elaborate more about his King James Bill.

  For many Christians, one concern might be whether Burns is one of those whose motivation is a belief that the King James is the only 'anointed' translation to English. While that's not a bias toward a particular sect or denomination, it is essentially it's own sectarian mindset.
  If Burns is merely eliminating petty objections of school administrators to implementation of Religious electives in public schools (such as copyright law & qualified instructors), then he ought to be commended for this.
  My guess is that he'll be conveniently assumed to be a 'King James Only' advocate. But regardless of Burns' own convictions, the amendments could serve effective purposes and allow students a better liberal arts education in public schools.

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