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The WallBuilders Show

When Process Becomes Punishment: Protecting Conscience In Uniform

The WallBuilders Show

Tim Barton, David Barton & Rick Green

Wallbuilders Show, Education, Constitutional, Church, Christianity, History, Conservative, America, Family, Christian, Biblical, Religion & Spirituality, Wallbuilders.show, Government, News, Politics

4.82.2K Ratings

🗓️ 15 December 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

A simple verse on a metal tag became a lifeline for an athlete facing fear—and later for countless service members heading into danger. We share how Kenny Vaughn’s Shields of Strength grew from a personal reminder into millions of replica dog tags carried by troops, firefighters, and police, and why a federal licensing policy suddenly put Scripture in the crosshairs. When an activist complaint claimed religious endorsement, agencies barred religious content on licensed military marks while al...

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0:00.0

Welcome to the intersection of faith and culture. It's the Wall Builders Show. Thanks for joining us on this Monday.

0:11.7

Great to have you with us. You can learn more about us at our website, wallbuilders.com and wallbuilders.

0:16.1

com, of course, our main website, and that's the place to go right now.

0:20.1

Last-minute Christmas shopping. I know the rest to go right now. Last-minute Christmas shopping.

0:21.6

I know the rest of you probably already have all of your Christmas shopping done.

0:25.2

I haven't even started, so I need to get on the wallborder site. Today, it's not too late. You know, it's down to the wire, though, so you need to hurry. Walbulbers.com, lots of great swag, cool stuff, new coffee mug, amazing looking coffee mug for the 250th.

0:37.9

Shirts, you know, books, I mean, you name it, all kinds of give the gift of freedom. Let's advertise freedom this year in 2026. So check that out at wallborders.com and then wallborders.com and then wallbler's dot show for our radio program. And in fact, when you go to wallbillers. Show, you'll see some of the shows in the last couple of weeks. And last week, we mentioned this religious liberty commission that President Trump put together. A lot of our friends are on that commission. David, you got to testify. You talked a little bit about it last week, but today's program, we're going to zero a little bit more on that. So some people might have missed that. Catch us up on what the commission is and what your

1:11.5

testimony was all about last week. Well, before I do that, I got a question for you. That coffee mug you're talking about, since I'm not old enough to bring coffee, what I would do with a mug like that? You got any suggestions? Oh, hot chocolate. Hot chocolate. There you go. All right. I can do that. Yeah. That's easy.

1:25.7

That's a good choice.

1:27.5

Yeah.

1:27.8

Or just water.

1:28.9

You know, just the mug looks cool.

1:30.4

You'll just, you'll enjoy. There you go. All right. I can do that. Yeah. That's easy. That's a good choice.

1:31.4

Yeah. Or just water. You know, just the mug looks cool. You'll just, you'll enjoy.

1:37.8

The mug is indeed super cool. It is an awesome looking mug. Okay. So your question on the Religious Liberty Commission last Wednesday or so, the Religious Liberty Commission, which is now being run

1:42.9

through the Justice Department, Trump set up this Religious Liberty Commission, which is now being run through the Justice Department,

1:49.9

Trump set up this Religious Liberty Commission to investigate what, what is the status of religious liberty in America? It certainly was under attack during the Biden administration, and it's been

1:54.5

under attacking education, been under attack in the workplace, been under attack in the military, etc.

1:58.7

So they have so far held four hearings across the country.

2:03.2

It's kind of a moving panel. It goes to different areas and takes hearings. And they've

2:07.5

covered education in some of the early hearings. This time they're recovering military. What's

2:12.3

happening in the military, religious freedom kind of stuff issues there? Where is religious

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