Freedom's Triumph: Coach Joe Kennedy's Fight for Religious Expression and Legal Change- with Coach Joe Kennedy

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Tim Barton, David Barton & Rick Green

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🗓️ 15 October 2024

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Coach Joe Kennedy's journey from the football field to the Supreme Court is nothing short of extraordinary. With his unwavering commitment to religious liberty, he challenged the status quo and forever changed the landscape of religious expression in America's public schools. By overturning the Lemon test from 1971, Joe's story echoes the historical significance of landmark cases like the Amistad, illustrating how personal perseverance can lead to profound cultural and legal shifts. This epis...

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0:47.9	I'm Rick Green here with David Barton and Tim Barton, David and Tim. We got Joe Kennedy coming on.
0:52.3	We mentioned it yesterday, but Joe's of course the
0:55.0	really the hero that that took a stand in Washington and our friend Kelly Shackle for nine years
1:02.5	he and Mike Barry and the other guys over at First Liberty fought this battle with Joe and now they've got a great movie coming out and I don remember, did you guys get to watch the screener or not?
1:12.3	We have been sent the screener.
1:14.3	Have we watched it yet?
1:16.2	No.
1:17.9	I backed you into a corner there, Tim.
1:19.7	Now you're busted on radio here.
1:21.6	I mean, the reality is I want to watch this.
1:25.0	It's just finding a gap of time to do it. And, you know, when we talk about, when we talk about the difference one person can make and how God can use a lot, nobody, I mean, looking back historically, nobody, I don't think is going to point to a case that has maybe more
1:46.8	significance and impact in America than this Joe Kennedy decision did because of what happens
1:51.0	with overturning lemon, the lemon test from 1971, the limit the encouragement decision,
1:56.4	and all of the opportunities now available for religious Liberty, the fact that earlier this year in
2:02.7	Louisiana, they were able to, Governor Landry, I was standing right behind him when he signed
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