With that kind of workload, UMaine extension workshops could also be a good option to dip your toe in.

Talk to the farmers that have apprenticeships listed in your area. Just email them.

Two words: MOFGA apprenticeship.

In the book/movie they actually do kill God. Blasphemy is frowned upon in Christianity from what I've seen, so that was probably her major issue with it if I had to guess.

SPOILER:

A simplistic explanation is that, in the story, God is just the oldest angel and came into being before all other sentient life. He then convinces all the other angels that he created them (and everything). In actuality, he just happened to come into being first, and all angels are formed of a particle colloquially referred to as "dust," which is both the byproduct and catalyst of sentient life.

It's actually a really good book series, the main characters are children but the story is honestly more written for an adult audience.

They mentioned it to us in Biology, too, but I think it's really more at the discretion of the teacher. In this case, there was a Baptist girl who freaked out on a field trip when the TVs on the bus started playing "The Golden Compass." She demanded to be let off because they "KILL GOD" in the movie.

Some teachers would probably rather offer a throwaway to these freaks rather than have their parents fuck with them, especially in the current climate of nutjobs trying to take over local schoolboards. Sure, we'd probably both prefer that they stand their ground, but they really don't get paid enough to take the inevitable harassment.

Quill Books and Coffee.

They have 0 days off and zero sick days. If they get sick they get fired. Try to put yourself in their shoes for a single moment.

"Listening for Right Whales in the Gulf of Maine" is not the same as "Hearing Right Whales in the Gulf of Maine"

Substantiated. She absolutely did serve as the director at Elan during her time there.

Most Mainers I know are aware that we have a cultural relationship to guns that differs from yours. If you’re in this subreddit to educate us on that, or find a sympathetic ear for your particular views, you might be unsurprised to hear that most of us aren’t really interested.

If you want to change these things, posting on /r/Maine is probably not the best place to begin. If you want to complain about them, likewise. Your original question was answered in good faith.

That’s more of a matter of phrasing than a political classification of a freedom. Generally “freedom” would be a more permissive structure for ownership and acquisition of an item, and “order” would be restriction of ownership by erring towards protection of society rather than the freedoms of the individual.

For example, a law that prevents you from saying the word “moist,” does not protect my freedom from getting the heebie-jeebies. Restrictive law enforces order, relaxed law protects freedom, according to the classical paradigm. Neither is objectively good or bad.

By all means, continue advocating for your beliefs. Your efforts may see more success if you’re prepared to accept the political reality on the ground.

Right, but according to my undergrad political science classes legal pot, gay marriage, and gun rights are all on the “freedom” side of the tradition “freedom versus order” that is a classical political dilemma.

By this measure, it would appear that Mainers appear to err towards this side, as the same ballot that passed legal pot by referendum was the one that shot down universal background checks. Both results were from the 2016 vote on referenda.

I would have said Jay/Livermore/Turner, but PFAS is fucked.

I honestly don’t think so, as Maine has since passed permitless carry and it has, anecdotally, appeared very popular. That said, my opinion is only based on my experience of living in Maine and interacting with the population. Your opinion is based on (respectfully) wishful thinking.

The only way that either of our opinions would be confirmed is by polling, which is expensive and ordinarily only conducted if legislation or referenda are in the cards. Given that they are not, looks like private sales will remain the status quo for the foreseeable future.

Maine had a referendum on universal background checks in 2016. The "pro" side was massively funded by out-of-state political action committees. It was still voted down by a majority of Mainers. I believe you will find there is little political will for universal background checks in Maine at this time.

Feel free to advocate for them, but you will find that a Canadian's perspective on Maine gun laws is generally as welcome in Maine as a Mainer's perspective on Canadian gun laws would be in Canada.