The Supreme Court agreed Friday to take on a new culture war dispute: whether the nation’s first publicly funded religious charter school should be allowed to open in Oklahoma. The justices said they would review an Oklahoma Supreme Court decision that invalidated a state board's approval of an application by the Catholic Church

The case is being eyed closely because it could set a precedent. Should St. Isidore win, it would mean public money would flow to a religious school.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Friday to hear a bid led by two Catholic dioceses to establish in Oklahoma the nation's first taxpayer-funded religious charter school in a case testing the separation of church and state.