What’s Coming for Free Speech: Piers Morgan and Students Silenced
The Dr. Phil Podcast
Dr. Phil McGraw
4.3 • 13.5K Ratings
🗓️ 29 April 2026
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
This week we introduce you to a group of people who are living proof that free speech is still alive and well in this country. They each made the choice to speak out in the face of criticism, condemnation, and even outright cancellation. What they said and why they chose to speak out.
In part three, Dr. Phil explores if free speech is quietly being redefined from classrooms to culture at large. Blocked from painting Bible verses like “God is the way, the truth, the light” and “Love is patient, love is kind,” two students’ cases quickly escalated beyond school grounds, drawing national attention, prompting policy changes, and, with First Liberty attorney Keisha Russell, sparking a deeper legal and cultural debate as Dr. Phil examines the constitutional stakes while Piers Morgan warns the next generation may be unprepared for the real-world consequences of free speech.
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| 0:00.0 | This week, we introduce you to a group of people who are living proof that free speech is still alive and well in this country. |
| 0:09.5 | They each made the choice to speak out in the face of criticism, condemnation, and even outright cancellation. |
| 0:17.5 | What they said and why they chose to speak out only on the Dr. Phil podcast this week. |
| 0:30.9 | One of the podcasts I do is something called The Real Story, where I talk about what's going on behind the headlines and give |
| 0:38.4 | people an idea of what's really happening. |
| 0:42.2 | And not long ago, I did a real story on a case that really had me upset. |
| 0:49.1 | A high school senior in New York, Sabrina, was told she couldn't paint a Bible verse on her own parking |
| 0:59.3 | spot. |
| 1:00.4 | Now, this was a tradition at the school. |
| 1:03.1 | They had a senior day, and seniors had assigned parking spots, and they could do whatever |
| 1:08.0 | they wanted. |
| 1:08.5 | They could, as long as it wasn't, you know, something horrible or |
| 1:11.6 | offensive or whatever, they could paint and decorate their parking spot. And this story stirred |
| 1:20.5 | something in me because, as you know, freedom of religion is at the very heart of the First Amendment. |
| 1:28.1 | So take a look at a clip from that real story so you can see exactly why this hit a real nerve with me. |
| 1:36.2 | This is what she submitted. |
| 1:37.7 | And here are the verses. |
| 1:39.2 | John 146, God is the way, the truth, the light. |
| 1:42.5 | No one comes to the father except through me. Were you offended |
| 1:46.6 | by me reading that? And then here's Jeremiah 29-11. For I know the plans I have for you, |
| 1:53.6 | declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. |
| 2:01.6 | This is not about being offended. |
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