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The Supreme Court\u2019s decision in Carson vs Makin all but forces Maine to pay for Christian education. However, requiring Maine to fund religious education violates Maine\u2019s Department of Education policy. Maine\u2019s AG Aaron Frey outlined the state’s DOE policy: “Instruction that inculcates, instills, imbues a religious view through its materials, through its teachings, prescribing that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5568,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics-religion-blog"],"yoast_head":"\nFunding Christian Schools Advances Christian Nationalism - Maine Chapter - Freedom From Religion Foundation<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Maine Chapter - FFRF is a welcoming discussion group of atheists, agnostics, freethinkers, and humanists who support the separation of church and state. 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