Ohio elected officials have been promoting Lifewise for years. Lifewise is active in over 50% of Ohio school districts. The line between church and state in Ohio schools has been pushed to the limit.
Mike DeWine toured kind of trailing behind them too. Not as much, but I definitely know Salem, OH got their visit from Penton and Husted, and then shortly thereafter Mike DeWine. Then the Brightside project got a big influx of cash in state funding from DeWine and then in turn, the Brightside Project had helped to promote the Salem LIfEwiSe and gave funding to them, like it was an indirect way from DeWine to fund LifeWise. Not sure how many communities this series of events happened in, but might be worth looking into. 🤷♀️
I've been wondering if Bob McEwen was involved. I suspected he might be a missing link. He was executive director of the Council for National Policy (Reagan's religious right org, very powerful) for a long time.
Mike DeWine toured kind of trailing behind them too. Not as much, but I definitely know Salem, OH got their visit from Penton and Husted, and then shortly thereafter Mike DeWine. Then the Brightside project got a big influx of cash in state funding from DeWine and then in turn, the Brightside Project had helped to promote the Salem LIfEwiSe and gave funding to them, like it was an indirect way from DeWine to fund LifeWise. Not sure how many communities this series of events happened in, but might be worth looking into. 🤷♀️
I've been wondering if Bob McEwen was involved. I suspected he might be a missing link. He was executive director of the Council for National Policy (Reagan's religious right org, very powerful) for a long time.