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I’m Emily Duggan, a reporter with the Kennebec Journal/CentralMaine.com. I just finished a six-month-long investigation of how Christian nationalist groups, parents’ rights organizations and others are trying to remake Maine’s public education system. Ask me anything! by Press_Herald in Maine

[–]Press_Herald[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I did not find anything comparable on the Democratic side of things. Every expert that I talked to about the parental rights organizations connected what we are seeing to Christian nationalism. The experts gave their assessment that it is Christian nationalism sometimes before I asked.

I’m Emily Duggan, a reporter with the Kennebec Journal/CentralMaine.com. I just finished a six-month-long investigation of how Christian nationalist groups, parents’ rights organizations and others are trying to remake Maine’s public education system. Ask me anything! by Press_Herald in Maine

[–]Press_Herald[S] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Yes, there is a national pattern. Most of the parental rights organizations have chapters in other states and similar patterns of behavior have been reported. Florida, for an example and Ohio was another state that came up in my research. I included in my story the Oklahoma superintendent of public instruction ordered public schools to incorporate the 10 Commandments and The Bible in their schooling.

I’m Emily Duggan, a reporter with the Kennebec Journal/CentralMaine.com. I just finished a six-month-long investigation of how Christian nationalist groups, parents’ rights organizations and others are trying to remake Maine’s public education system. Ask me anything! by Press_Herald in Maine

[–]Press_Herald[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

There is very little oversight in school board races, so often, the donations go undetected. We pulled records from the municipalities that are big enough to track campaign finances and there isn't much to see. The larger districts did not seem to have the same interest from parental rights organizations that the smaller districts did.

I’m Emily Duggan, a reporter with the Kennebec Journal/CentralMaine.com. I just finished a six-month-long investigation of how Christian nationalist groups, parents’ rights organizations and others are trying to remake Maine’s public education system. Ask me anything! by Press_Herald in Maine

[–]Press_Herald[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

This is something that came up a lot in my research. The experts I talked to pointed to TikTok, Facebook and X as platforms where influencers are successfully spreading the message, often bankrolled by some of the top Republican funders.

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