By Ben Felder / The Oklahoman

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State Question 790 has been sold as an effort toward religious liberty, but opponents of the ballot initiative believe it could do harm to churches and religious organizations.

“There are already a lot of protections that churches and religious organizations enjoy that I think would be threatened if this were to pass,” said Brent Walker, executive director of the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty, an advocacy group out of Washington, D.C.

Placed on the Nov. 8 ballot by the Legislature, SQ 790 emerged in response to the state Supreme Court’s ruling that the Ten Commandments monument at the state Capitol violated the Oklahoma Constitution’s prohibition of using state funds for religious purposes. …

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