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The Dr. Phil Podcast

Prayer in the Parking Lot | The REAL Story with Dr. Phil

The Dr. Phil Podcast

Dr. Phil McGraw

Education, Society & Culture

4.313.5K Ratings

🗓️ 4 September 2025

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Senior wins holy war to paint psalms on her parking spot. You can't cancel God. He was here first. This episode is brought to you by Amen Clinics: Take the guesswork out of mental health care. Call 866-580-6569 or go to https://AmenClinics.com/DrPhil

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0:00.0

Freedom of religion is the heart of the First Amendment. It's the first thing mentioned,

0:05.1

even before free speech and free assembly. And I got to say, it's pretty straightforward.

0:10.6

Let me read it. Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting

0:18.2

the free exercise thereof. Now, today's real story is that there is a part of the progressive left that is so anti-God,

0:27.7

anti-religion, it has convinced itself that the First Amendment is freedom from religion,

0:34.8

not freedom of religion.

0:37.0

Now, listen to these recent headlines. High school banned student from religion, not freedom of religion. Now listen to these recent headlines.

0:39.0

High school banned student from painting Bibleverse in personal parking spot.

0:45.1

High school senior wins battle to have Bible verse religious messaging on her parking space.

0:51.9

I was shocked.

0:53.2

Grand Island School District reverses

0:55.5

decision allows students' religious parking design. Notice how none of these headlines

1:01.8

are from major networks. That's because they don't cover stories like this. So what happened?

1:08.7

All right, here's the deal. This happened at Grand Island High near Buffalo.

1:13.3

That's in New York.

1:14.5

Each year, seniors have the option to pay $50 to decorate their parking space with positive

1:21.7

artwork.

1:22.7

Now, according to the legal group First Liberty, positive artwork is meant to beautify the campus

1:28.9

and promote school spirit. Great tradition. Look at these photos we found online.

1:34.7

Sabrina Stefan submitted designs featuring crosses and verses from John 146 and Jeremiah 29-11.

1:43.4

Both were rejected by school officials because apparently the gospel isn't positive enough.

1:50.4

Here's what Stefan's told CBN.

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