We Won't Back Down

Freethought Radio

Freedom From Religion Foundation

Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 578 Ratings

🗓️ 5 October 2017

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

We mourn the death of freethinking singer/songwriter Tom Petty ("music is my religion") by playing "I Won't Back Down," appropriate for a week of state/church victories. Staff attorney Patrick Elliott tells us about last week's federal decision declaring a Christian cross on the Lehigh County (PA) seal unconstitutional. Attorneys Sam Grover and Andrew Seidel compare the First Amendment with the Second Amendment as they are both being inappropriately "expanded" into absolute rights. Then we talk with David Williamson, president of FFRF's chapter, the Central Florida Freethought Community, about our victory (in which he was lead plaintiff) declaring unconstitutional the exclusion of atheists from Brevard County council invocations.

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0:00.0	This is Free Thought Radio with co-host Stan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor, Irreverent Views, News, Music, and Interviews.
0:13.5	Imagine there's no heaven.
0:20.0	It's easy if you try
0:23.6	No hell below us
0:29.6	Above us only sky
0:36.6	Imagine all the people
0:42.3	Living for today Well, I won't back down.
1:04.5	No, I won't back down.
1:09.0	You can stand me up at the gates of hell, but I won't back down. No, I'll stand my ground.
1:21.5	Won't be turned around. And I'll keep this world from dragging me down. I'm going to stand my ground.
1:34.3	And I won't back down.
1:39.9	You can stand me at the gates of hell, but I won't back down.
1:53.7	I'm Annie Laurie Galar and welcome to Freethout Radio and that of course is the signature song of Tom Petty, who sadly died this week.
1:55.8	Petty was not religious.
2:00.2	Like many of the musicians we feature on Free Thought Radio, he called Music.
2:05.3	I'm Dan Barker and we won't back down, like Tom Petty said.
2:10.4	That's a great theme for this show today and for the Freedom from Religion Foundation.
2:19.5	Since the last show, not only is FFRF not backing down, but we've just won two significant federal lawsuits.
2:21.4	And we'll talk more about that in a minute.
2:26.6	This is the October 5th, 2017 edition of Freethought Radio.
2:39.5	Buzz Kemper is our very capable engineer, producing the show in the Stephen Yule friendly atheist studio at Freethought Hall, the National Office of the Freedom from Religion Foundation in Madison, Wisconsin.
2:50.2	The Freedom from Religion Foundation is the producer of this weekly program, and FFRF has two purposes to keep religion out of government terribly important,
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