The Lemon Test and Our Constitutional Republic - on Foundations of Freedom Thursday

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Tim Barton, David Barton & Rick Green

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🗓️ 9 February 2023

⏱️ 27 minutes

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First we star off the program with our black hero segment on Blanche Kelso Bruce. Then for Foundations of Freedom Thursday, we answer more listener questions- Has the Lemon Test been removed now that there have been a rulings in favor of faith? What is the difference between a representative democracy and a constitutional republic? As well as some podcast listening suggestions from David, Rick and Tim.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the intersection of faith in the culture. This is the Wallbladder show. We appreciate
0:15.3	you joining us. I'm Rick Green, America's Constitution coach and a former Texas legislator
0:19.1	here with David and Tim Barton. David, of course, America's premier historian and our founder
0:23.6	at Wallbenders and Tim Barton National Speaker and Pastor and President of Wallbenders. You
0:27.7	can find out more about all three of us at the website wallbuilderslive.com and then also visit
0:32.5	our main site wallbuilders.com, wealth of information there. You're going to find out about a lot of
0:37.3	American heroes at wallbuilders.com, many of which you've never heard of before, many of which I've
0:42.5	never heard of before, which has been kind of a fun thing this month, guys, all throughout February,
0:47.4	learning about new heroes. So while we've got some foundations of freedom, thirsty stuff to get
0:51.2	to in a little bit, let's start with our hero of the day. Who are we talking about?
0:55.6	Guys, the hero today is Blanche Kelsow Bruce. And as always, these are things if people want
1:02.9	to go to the wallbuilders.com website, they can download, they can get their own copy of these.
1:08.4	And one of the things that we highlight in his story is that he was the first black man to
1:12.0	preside over the US Senate. Now, there obviously is way more to his story. Dad, this is somebody
1:18.3	that you've highlighted literally for years. We have a old series called American History
1:24.0	and Black and White where you document some of the very first Republicans, specifically Black
1:29.2	Republicans elected to Congress, elected to the Senate. You go through Reconstruction and tell
1:33.1	a lot of their story. And so Blanche Kelsow Bruce is someone that, I mean, really for decades,
1:38.5	before I was doing much with you here at wallbuilders, this is somebody whose story you were telling.
1:44.3	And it's somebody that fortunately now is being rediscovered by some. Why is he significant?
1:51.6	What do you think are the big contributions that people should be aware of from Blanche Kelsow Bruce?
1:55.7	One of the cool things about him is he has a very visible legacy. And here at wallbuilders,
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