Welcome to the Eric Metaxus show.

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Now here's your host, Mr. Thrill Ride himself, Eric Mataxis.

Hey there, folks.

Welcome to the Eric Mataxisxas show. You know

that we told you that we would have John Zmirak on in this hour. We only said that to lure you

here to the first segment. Zmirak's going to be here any second. He's waiting in the wings.

But before we talk to Johnny Boy, which is always a load of

fun, I said, I want to talk about something that is really serious right now, very, very serious. You

want to talk about news of the day. This is the kind of thing that the New York Times should be covering,

that everyone should be covering. I'm talking about a case involving a young man at

Florida State University. His name is Jack Denton. He is being represented by the Alliance

Defending Freedom about whom we talk incessantly because we believe in them as a great

organization and a bulwark against the loss of our freedoms in America. With the Alliance Defending Freedom is Tyson Langhofer, who is my guest right now. Tyson, welcome. Thanks, Eric. Thanks for having me. And I thought, wouldn't it be great if we could get Jack Denton on, but I know he's like in a study period or something, right? Or could we get him? I think we can get him. You think so? Hey, hey, Jack, are you there? Yes, I'm here. Thanks so much for having me. Oh, my goodness. We got the man himself. Look at this. Okay. So, Jack, you're at Florida State. Are you a senior there?

Yes, sir. I graduate this December.

Okay. Now, I know you're being defended by Tyson Langhofer and the Alliance Defending Freedom, but a lot of people are wondering why are you being defended? Why do we need the Alliance Defending Freedom?

So briefly, tell us your story. What happened to you as an undergraduate recently? Yeah, so I have served in student government at Florida State University for the past

three years. I've been in the student senate serving in various positions of leadership,

most recently as the student senate president. I'm also a devout Catholic, and I partake in a

Catholic group on campus in which we have a group chat where students can send messages asking for

prayer requests and offering each other encouragement and whatnot. However, when one day one of my

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