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Ep. 16 | Confronting Secularism in K-12 Education · The Myth of Education Podcast

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  the bible says a fool says in his heart there is no god but the
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  fear of the lord is
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  the beginning of wisdom again it says don't answer fools
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  according to their
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  foolishness lest you be like them but answer fools according to
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  their folly lest
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  they become conceited the time has come for the wise to rebuke
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  the fools and this
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  SPEAKER_02: is what i intend to do right here right now
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  SPEAKER_02: Before we get into the broadcast, we have a disclaimer.
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  All views and opinions expressed by hosts and guests are their
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  own and do not
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  SPEAKER_02: reflect the views of any public or private person or entity.
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  SPEAKER_02: All rights are reserved.
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  SPEAKER_02: I want you to listen to this fool in this clip I'm about to play.
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  SPEAKER_02: For context,
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  this TikTok reel was sent to me about two years ago by a parent
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  in the Peoria
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  SPEAKER_02: Unified School District.
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  SPEAKER_02: The woman speaking is Janine Kistine, executive director of Secular AZ.
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  SPEAKER_02: This is an anti-God,
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  SPEAKER_02: anti-Christian,
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  SPEAKER_02: anti-morality organization who believes in the slaughter of the unborn,
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  SPEAKER_02: which predominantly affects Black women, but I won't digress here.
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  SPEAKER_02: They believe in assisted suicide,
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  SPEAKER_02: the myth of separation of church and state,
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  SPEAKER_02: and comprehensive sex education,
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  SPEAKER_02: quote unquote,
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  SPEAKER_02: if you know,
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  SPEAKER_02: you know.
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  Here are the charges Kasteen leveled at me after I spoke at a
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  school board meeting
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  in defense of board members exercising their First Amendment
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  rights to include
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  SPEAKER_02: scripture in their public comments.
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  This is what tolerance and patience and inclusivity and
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  defending the marginalized sounds like.
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  SPEAKER_01: Hey, everybody.
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  So last night was the Peoria Unified School Board meeting here
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  in Peoria,
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  Arizona.
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  SPEAKER_01: And once again,
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  it was a parade of jackassery and tomfoolery and nonsense and
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  hate and bigotry,
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  SPEAKER_01: because that's what happens there nowadays.
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  But I just need to talk about the fact that Turning Point USA
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  is showing up to these meetings.
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  SPEAKER_01: They're endorsing financing and supporting candidates who are right-wing
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  SPEAKER_01: extremists,
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  SPEAKER_01: conspiracy theorists,
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  SPEAKER_01: QAnon believers,
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  SPEAKER_01: the whole entire thing.
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  And I just want to point out a couple of names that you should
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  be paying attention to.
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  SPEAKER_01: And one of them,
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  SPEAKER_01: and she's going to love this because she loves attention,
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  SPEAKER_01: but her name is Tiffany Vinson.
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  She is a hateful bigot who says that secularists grossly
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  misinformed the public.
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  SPEAKER_01: Okay, so there's that.
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  She said that the Constitution doesn't say anything about the
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  separation of church
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  and state and that the board members that continue to read
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  scripture from the dais,
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  SPEAKER_01: violating their oath to the prostitution,
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  SPEAKER_01: are not violating their oath to the Constitution because she says that
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  SPEAKER_01: that there is no separation of church and state.
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  And then she proceeded to hand out pocket constitutions to a
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  couple of members of
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  the board to let them know that the establishment clause
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  exactly says that anyway,
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  SPEAKER_01: there should be no preferential.
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  SPEAKER_01: It doesn't matter.
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  And then she went on to say that we're all triggered and that
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  we are anti-hetero.
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  SPEAKER_01: Tiffany, I'm super hetero.
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  SPEAKER_01: You know, I experimented, but I'm hetero.
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  SPEAKER_01: She also went on to say that only fools say there is no God.
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  SPEAKER_01: How many people are you alienating in a meeting,
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  SPEAKER_01: in a public meeting,
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  where probably at least 25% of people don't believe in that God
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  or the same God
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  SPEAKER_01: that you believe in?
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  SPEAKER_01: Okay, cool, whatever.
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  These people are showing up to your board meetings,
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  your local school board meetings.
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  SPEAKER_01: And they were there in droves.
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  SPEAKER_01: Now, I know they're the ultra megas.
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  SPEAKER_01: They're a minority in this whole scene of things.
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  SPEAKER_01: But like, yo, we need to show up.
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  SPEAKER_01: We need to show our support.
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  SPEAKER_01: We need to back them up.
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  SPEAKER_01: We need to fill the seats.
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  SPEAKER_01: We need to comment.
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  SPEAKER_01: We need to donate to their campaigns when they run again.
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  SPEAKER_01: And we need to call out these fools whenever we see their bigotry.
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  SPEAKER_01: So if you could just do me a favor today and like actually,
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  SPEAKER_01: you know,
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  SPEAKER_01: like,
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  SPEAKER_01: you know,
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  SPEAKER_01: like show up for democracy,
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  SPEAKER_01: that'd be awesome.
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  SPEAKER_02: First of all, let me clear up some misinformation.
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  Turning Point USA,
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  an organization that I was once affiliated with but am no
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  longer,
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  is a 501c3.
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  SPEAKER_02: They don't endorse candidates.
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  SPEAKER_02: Anybody with common sense would know that.
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  SPEAKER_02: Again, this clip was sent to me a couple of years ago.
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  SPEAKER_02: Why did I wait two years to respond?
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  SPEAKER_02: Because of the opening Bible verse I read.
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  SPEAKER_02: I don't answer fools in their foolishness.
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  SPEAKER_02: However,
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  I do want to make sure that I address the foolishness for those
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  who are paying
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  SPEAKER_02: attention so that they can become wise.
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  SPEAKER_02: According to Christine's bio on the Secular AZ website,
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  she supposedly has over 11 years of teaching experience in
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  Maricopa County schools.
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  SPEAKER_02: You need to know that people like this are teaching your children.
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  SPEAKER_02: They are counseling your children.
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  SPEAKER_02: They're coaching your children.
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  SPEAKER_02: They're driving your children's school buses.
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  SPEAKER_02: They relish when your children rebel,
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  SPEAKER_02: protest law enforcement during school hours,
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  SPEAKER_02: deny the reality of how God created them,
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  SPEAKER_02: experiment on themselves,
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  SPEAKER_02: and cry victimhood.
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  SPEAKER_02: Public schools are anti-Christ institutions,
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  mostly led by secularists who have a passion against God that
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  can only come from
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  SPEAKER_02: the pits of hell.
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  SPEAKER_02: At least since 1962,
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  SPEAKER_02: secularists have dominated K-12 education after the Engel v.
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  SPEAKER_02: Vitale decision,
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  SPEAKER_02: which I'll link for you in the show notes.
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  SPEAKER_02: From that time until now,
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  SPEAKER_02: children have become more illiterate,
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  SPEAKER_02: more rebellious,
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  SPEAKER_02: more violent,
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  SPEAKER_02: and more suicidal.
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  It's not a coincidence when the average child from age 4 to 17
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  will spend around
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  SPEAKER_02: 14,000 hours in school.
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  And while I'm sure there are decent government employees who
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  care about children,
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  SPEAKER_02: quite frankly,
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  SPEAKER_02: you're too quiet,
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  SPEAKER_02: too compliant,
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  SPEAKER_02: and too fearful right now.
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  You think being called a racist or white supremacist or being
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  fired is the worst
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  SPEAKER_02: thing that could happen to you.
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  SPEAKER_02: It's cowardice to see evil and say nothing.
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  SPEAKER_02: If you want to keep your job, that's fine.
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  SPEAKER_02: Blow the whistle anonymously.
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  SPEAKER_02: Find someone you can trust.
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  SPEAKER_02: A board member, an administrator, even an activist like myself.
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  who will take risks to publicize your message and carry it to
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  the right people.
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  SPEAKER_02: You can get in touch with me through this podcast.
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  SPEAKER_02: Visit mythofeducation.com and click the feedback link.
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  SPEAKER_02: I will endure the wrath of fools on behalf of the innocent any day.
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  SPEAKER_02: And you know, we all have free will.
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  And if secularists want to spend eternity burning in hell,
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  that's their choice.
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  SPEAKER_02: Can't stop them.
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  SPEAKER_02: But I'm alive today to make sure they don't take any kids with them.
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  SPEAKER_02: The same unhinged secularist in my opener also wrote an article entitled,
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  SPEAKER_02: A Hate-Filled Christian Curriculum Coming to a District Near You.
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  This rant was due to LifeWise Academy expanding into Deer
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  Valley Unified School District.
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  SPEAKER_02: More on LifeWise in a moment.
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  SPEAKER_02: But I want you to listen to this.
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  SPEAKER_02: These are the words of a tolerant, inclusive secularist.
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  SPEAKER_02: Hey there, Secular Fam.
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  SPEAKER_02: A few months ago,
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  we discussed the push to evangelize our public schools with the
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  founders of the
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  SPEAKER_02: Secular Education Association.
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  SPEAKER_02: They discussed the Christian organization,
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  SPEAKER_02: LifeWise,
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  and how they were attempting to bring evangelical cultist
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  indoctrination to minors
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  SPEAKER_02: across the country.
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  SPEAKER_02: Now this organization is bringing its hate-fueled curriculum to DVUSD,
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  and we need you to share with the district why secular public
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  schools are vital to
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  SPEAKER_02: our democracy.
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  SPEAKER_02: First of all, America is not a democracy.
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  SPEAKER_02: If it were, then maybe secular public schools would be vital.
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  SPEAKER_02: But because we are a constitutional republic, secularism has no place.
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  SPEAKER_02: The Constitution is for a moral people.
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  SPEAKER_02: It's for a religious people.
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  SPEAKER_02: You can look up which founder said that.
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  SPEAKER_02: Quote,
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  SPEAKER_02: throughout the year,
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  Secular AZ responds to complaints about religious privilege
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  across the state.
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  SPEAKER_02: Over the years,
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  our legal department has fielded complaints about prayers in
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  public spaces,
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  SPEAKER_02: hate churches receiving suite rental deals in small school districts,
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  SPEAKER_02: and religious organizations building houses of worship on public land.
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  SPEAKER_02: Freethinkers have seen a steady decline in their freedom from religion,
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  SPEAKER_02: all caps,
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  SPEAKER_02: since the 1990s when the Religious Freedom Restoration Act was passed.
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  SPEAKER_02: In the decades since,
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  these laws have been used to carve out exemptions that
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  privilege religious
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  SPEAKER_02: expression.
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  SPEAKER_02: The phrase religious privilege is just retarded.
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  Secularism dominates every sphere of public influence,
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  especially K-12 education.
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  SPEAKER_02: If Christians were really winning in the public school space,
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  SPEAKER_02: prayer would have never been removed.
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  SPEAKER_02: Bible reading would have never been removed.
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  It would have never been passed in statute or policy that
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  Christian teachers can't
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  SPEAKER_02: discuss their beliefs with students.
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  SPEAKER_02: Meanwhile,
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  SPEAKER_02: a rainbow freak can hang a flag in their classroom,
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  SPEAKER_02: waiting with bated breath for a child to ask them about it.
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  SPEAKER_02: But I digress.
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  SPEAKER_02: Wow, so telling children the truth?
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  SPEAKER_02: There are only two genders, that God created male and female.
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  SPEAKER_02: You cannot change your gender.
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  SPEAKER_02: It's not a sign at birth.
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  SPEAKER_02: God decided before you were conceived who you would be.
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  SPEAKER_02: Telling children that is extreme in the secularist worldview.
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  But telling them that they evolved after millions of years from
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  pawn scum and apes
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  SPEAKER_02: and that they have no soul,
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  SPEAKER_02: that's reasonable in the secularist worldview.
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  SPEAKER_02: Okay.
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  SPEAKER_02: As for the organization LifeWise Academy,
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  they have a mission to offer Bible education to public school
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  students during
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  SPEAKER_02: school hours.
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  SPEAKER_02: They bus the children to a nearby church to talk about God for an hour,
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  SPEAKER_02: and then they bus them back.
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  And yes,
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  these children do learn that the Bible says that they should
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  share their faith.
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  Now,
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  for those unaware,
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  House Bill 2266 is going through the Arizona legislature right
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  now.
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  This bill is the cause of much fury and fervor from secularists
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  and leftists and
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  SPEAKER_02: other anti-Christ representatives in our government.
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  SPEAKER_02: I'll link to the bill in the show notes,
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  SPEAKER_02: but basically here's the major language changes in the bill.
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  The governing board of each school district and the governing
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  body of each charter
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  shall adopt a policy governing the excuse of pupils for
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  religious purposes that
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  SPEAKER_02: parts the same.
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  SPEAKER_02: This is the part that changed.
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  Where the law once said the policy may permit a pupil to be
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  excused from school
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  SPEAKER_02: attendance for religious purposes.
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  The bill now says they shall adopt a policy that allows
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  students to be excused.
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  SPEAKER_02: Where it once said,
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  SPEAKER_02: if the policy permits a pupil to be excused for religious purposes,
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  it now says the policy must stipulate the conditions under
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  which the excuse will be
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  SPEAKER_02: granted.
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  The bill changes shall to must and changes the word pupil to
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  student in various places.
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  SPEAKER_02: That's it.
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  SPEAKER_02: The amendment is solid and fully aligned with the U.S.
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  Constitution,
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  the state constitution,
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  and our federal and state parental rights legislation.
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  The only threat to secularists in this situation is the
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  biblical morality that will
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  SPEAKER_02: emerge as the children return to school.
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  SPEAKER_02: It's about the fact that once the kids have learned about God,
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  SPEAKER_02: they're going to come back into the schools,
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  SPEAKER_02: back into their classrooms,
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  SPEAKER_02: back into the cafeterias and on the playgrounds.
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  And now the kids are going to be able to counter the secularist
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  garbage that
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  SPEAKER_02: they've been learning in class.
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  SPEAKER_02: They're going to be able to effectively
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  SPEAKER_02: evangelize their classmates or,
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  SPEAKER_02: if nothing else,
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  defend their faith and also provide an opportunity for their
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  classmates to hear
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  SPEAKER_02: something else besides secular garbage.
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  SPEAKER_02: This is the kind of pushback that needs to be happening in our schools.
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  SPEAKER_02: Everett Public Schools in Washington State is currently being sued for
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  SPEAKER_02: discriminating against Christian students.
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  First Liberty Institute released a statement that it was
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  challenging the district's
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  SPEAKER_02: regulations on permitted release time religious instruction for students.
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  SPEAKER_02: And I'm going to link to the lawsuit in the show notes.
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  Everett Public Schools is accused of violating the First
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  Amendment rights of
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  SPEAKER_02: students who participate in the LifeWise academic program.
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  SPEAKER_02: The students are being singled out and ostracized because of their faith.
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  The district is forcing elementary students to keep Bibles and
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  religious materials
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  SPEAKER_02: sealed in an envelope or hidden in their backpacks during school hours.
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  Also mentioned in the lawsuit is a board member who openly
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  admitted to having
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  SPEAKER_02: hatred towards LifeWise Academy.
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  This is a board member,
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  a tolerant,
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  patient,
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  inclusive defender of marginalized people.
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  SPEAKER_02: Take a listen.
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  SPEAKER_00: Take a moment to address a letter the district received a few weeks ago.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I also want to make it clear that I'm speaking just...
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  SPEAKER_00: on my behalf,
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  SPEAKER_00: not on the rest of the boards,
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  SPEAKER_00: and that my views are not reflective of the board as a whole.
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  SPEAKER_00: In this letter,
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  Lifewise Academy and its attorneys not just threaten the
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  district with legal
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  SPEAKER_00: action,
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  but they also go on at length about comments that I have made
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  up here at the dais.
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  SPEAKER_00: First off,
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  I would like to address the claim about whether my comments are
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  motivated by animus
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  SPEAKER_00: towards Lifewise Academy.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I wanna make it very extremely abundantly clear that yes,
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  SPEAKER_00: I do in fact hold animus towards LifeWise Academy,
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  SPEAKER_00: as do the many parents and families who have reached out to this board.
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  SPEAKER_00: This is not a local organization we are talking about.
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  This is an out of state multimillion dollar organization that
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  has spread to over a
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  SPEAKER_00: thousand schools across the country and is growing every day.
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  It is an organization of homophobic bullies who are active and
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  willing participants
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  SPEAKER_00: in the efforts to bring about an authoritarian theocracy.
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  Likewise has proudly accepted awards and funding from the
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  Heritage Foundation,
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  SPEAKER_00: a far-right think tank notorious for organizing Project 2025,
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  which seeks to reshape the United States into a Christian
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  nationalist theocracy.
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  The Heritage Foundation has described its financial support for
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  LifeWise Academy in
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  SPEAKER_00: very militant terms,
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  SPEAKER_00: calling the organization,
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  SPEAKER_00: quote,
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  SPEAKER_00: the tip of the spear in the fight to save the country,
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  SPEAKER_00: unquote.
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  SPEAKER_00: But what fight is LifeWise engaged in?
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  SPEAKER_00: This language of revolution,
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  SPEAKER_00: the extremist allies referring to LifeWise as a quote,
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  SPEAKER_00: weapon in a cultural battle,
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  SPEAKER_00: unquote,
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  SPEAKER_00: make the case for me.
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  LifeWise is part of a movement,
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  but wants to remake America along far-right theocratic lines.
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  SPEAKER_00: LifeWise Academy claims that my statements are offensive and ridiculous,
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  SPEAKER_00: but what I find offensive and ridiculous is their anti-gay agenda.
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  Their curriculum teaches that any relationship outside a man
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  and a woman is a sin.
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  They create an environment that cultivates homophobic hatred
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  from the children
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  SPEAKER_00: participating in the program.
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  I just want to offer a few minor corrections to what the board
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  member said.
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  SPEAKER_02: It's not that a sexual relationship outside of a man and a woman is sin.
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  SPEAKER_02: It's a sexual relationship outside of marriage between a man and a woman.
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  So while all the homosexual people are crying victim and taking
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  offense to what the
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  SPEAKER_02: Bible says,
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  heterosexual people who are not married that engage in sexual
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  relationships are
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  SPEAKER_02: also in sin.
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  SPEAKER_02: This is what God says.
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  SPEAKER_02: We're just repeating what he said.
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  SPEAKER_02: If you're offended, you're offended at God.
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  SPEAKER_02: Second, I don't know any Christians that are quote-unquote homophobic.
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  SPEAKER_02: God's standards are high.
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  SPEAKER_02: None of us can meet them.
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  SPEAKER_02: This is why Jesus Christ came and died for our sins and took our place.
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  SPEAKER_02: This is the message of hope, not hate.
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  SPEAKER_02: This is the message of truth, not bigotry.
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  SPEAKER_02: It's not about turning the United States of America into a theocracy.
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  SPEAKER_02: We all have free will, as I said during my opening statements.
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  SPEAKER_02: heaven or hell are your only two choices.
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  SPEAKER_02: We believers want you to choose heaven.
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  The passage of House Bill 2266 would be very helpful to
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  organizations like LifeWise
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  who want to be able to bus the students to nearby churches just
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  to teach them about
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  SPEAKER_02: Jesus Christ.
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  SPEAKER_02: This bill in no way is forcing Bibles,
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  SPEAKER_02: prayer reading,
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  SPEAKER_02: or any sort of religious service back into schools.
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  SPEAKER_02: You should take a look
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  at the state of Oklahoma and what the former superintendent
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  Ryan Walters did in that state.
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  SPEAKER_02: They basically now,
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  SPEAKER_02: by law,
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  have to have Bibles in their classrooms and the Ten
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  Commandments posted somewhere
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  SPEAKER_02: on school grounds.
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  SPEAKER_02: So Arizona is not even close to being there.
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  SPEAKER_02: We are trying to do the peaceful constitutional thing
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  SPEAKER_02: and allow the kids to just leave campus, right?
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  SPEAKER_02: So I support HB 2266, and I support organizations like LifeWise Academy.
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  They're trying to restore something good that has been lost in
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  our public education system.
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  SPEAKER_02: Psalm 33, 12 says, Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord.
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  SPEAKER_02: Well, I declare Jesus Christ is Lord, even the Lord of America.
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  We are not a nation of secularists,
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  atheists,
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  Buddhists,
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  Islamists,
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  or New Agers.
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  SPEAKER_02: Our Constitution,
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  SPEAKER_02: Bill of Rights,
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  SPEAKER_02: Declaration of Independence were all inspired by the word of God.
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  SPEAKER_02: You don't have to believe in God to follow the principles of scripture.
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  SPEAKER_02: However, morality originated with God, not human beings.
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  SPEAKER_02: If you're a secular humanist, you will take up issue with that.
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  SPEAKER_02: And to be honest, I don't really care.
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  SPEAKER_02: The only reason why you get to enjoy your miserable existence in freedom,
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  spreading your message of hate and bigotry is because
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  Christianity exists.
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  SPEAKER_02: It's our religion that makes room for peace.
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  SPEAKER_02: If we were radical Islamists, hmm.
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  SPEAKER_02: I'll just leave it at that.
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  SPEAKER_02: I want to read the definition of a bigot.
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  SPEAKER_02: Since I have been called this multiple times,
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  SPEAKER_02: there was even a time when I was called a white supremacist too,
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  SPEAKER_02: which is laughable.
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  SPEAKER_02: And I have witnesses to that statement at a board meeting.
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  For those of you who are not aware,
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  if you've made it this far in the podcast,
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  I am Black.
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  SPEAKER_02: But I guess.
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  SPEAKER_02: Because I sometimes wear a MAGA hat that makes me a white supremacist.
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  SPEAKER_02: But go figure.
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  SPEAKER_02: The definition of a bigot.
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  SPEAKER_02: a person who is obstinately or unreasonably attached to a belief,
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  SPEAKER_02: opinion,
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  SPEAKER_02: or faction,
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  especially one who is prejudiced against or antagonistic toward
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  a person or people
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  SPEAKER_02: on the basis of their membership of a particular group.
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  SPEAKER_02: I am not unreasonable when it comes to my faith in Jesus Christ.
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  SPEAKER_02: He saved my soul.
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  My life was one way before I found Christ,
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  and my life has been different since I've been saved.
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  SPEAKER_02: That is a message that I will continue to share until my dying breath.
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  I am not prejudiced against or antagonistic toward a person or
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  people group that is
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  SPEAKER_02: outside of Christianity.
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  SPEAKER_02: I'm actually willing to listen.
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  SPEAKER_02: and have an open dialogue and a debate.
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  SPEAKER_02: Let's compare your beliefs to my beliefs.
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  SPEAKER_02: Let's compare your God to my God.
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  SPEAKER_02: And let's compare your logic to my logic, your reasoning to my reasoning.
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  SPEAKER_02: We'll see who wins.
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  SPEAKER_02: This is why Charlie Kirk lost his life.
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  It was simply because he was willing to sit down and have a
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  calm conversation with
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  SPEAKER_02: rabid people who hated him without cause.
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  SPEAKER_02: I am blessed to have worked for him for the three years that I did.
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  SPEAKER_02: And you know what?
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  SPEAKER_02: I am even more blessed to identify with Jesus Christ.
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  SPEAKER_02: I welcome persecution for my faith.
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  SPEAKER_02: It's the mark of a true believer, a secularist,
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  SPEAKER_02: calling me a hateful bigot simply because I believe in scripture,
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  SPEAKER_02: because I believe in Jesus Christ.
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  SPEAKER_02: That's one of the highest compliments that an ignorant person can pay me.
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  SPEAKER_02: The life's purpose of a secularist boils down to persecuting Christians,
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  SPEAKER_02: opposing common sense legislation,
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  and infiltrating public school systems to spread anti-Christ
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  propaganda through
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  SPEAKER_02: immoral policies and curricula on all grade levels.
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  SPEAKER_02: Secularism is a spiritual,
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  SPEAKER_02: intellectual,
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  and emotional drain on every generation and no child should be
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  entrusted to an
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  SPEAKER_02: institution that's predominantly run by godless people.
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  SPEAKER_02: Parents,
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  you need to continue to seek alternative learning methods and
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  regain control over
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  SPEAKER_02: your children's education.
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  Don't let secularism destroy their innocence or corrupt their
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  moral character.
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  SPEAKER_02: Taxpayers, you need to keep voting no on all bonds and overrides.
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  SPEAKER_02: Don't incentivize sleazy administrations and weak board members.
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  SPEAKER_02: to advance a secular agenda.
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  SPEAKER_02: Let the schools close.
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  SPEAKER_02: Let the buildings be repurposed.
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  SPEAKER_02: The kids will be fine.
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  SPEAKER_02: We just need more parents and no silent educators to step up.
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  Public education,
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  especially in the state of Arizona,
• 22:25
  is a colossal failure.
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  SPEAKER_02: The lie of separation of church and state, it must be eradicated.
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  Steering children back to God is the only way to defeat
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  secularism and to defend
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  SPEAKER_02: our constitutional republic.
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  SPEAKER_02: Encourage your legislators to
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  SPEAKER_02: to support more bills like HB 2266.
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  SPEAKER_02: And if you have some time to volunteer,
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  contact LifeWise Academy and let them know that you want to
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  help spread the good
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  SPEAKER_02: news of Jesus Christ to the students in our public schools.
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  We have arrived at a day and a time and an hour where we must
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  act on what we believe.
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  It is no longer feasible for Christians to stay inside of
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  buildings and pray
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  SPEAKER_02: silently in their homes and cower in fear of some sort of retaliation.
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  SPEAKER_02: If you're following Jesus Christ,
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  SPEAKER_02: the real Jesus Christ,
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  SPEAKER_02: then persecution should be evident somewhere in your walk.
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  SPEAKER_02: You should be targeted for something.
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  SPEAKER_02: Now, don't be foolish and go out looking for a fight.
• 23:33
  SPEAKER_02: Operate in wisdom, as I've been saying throughout this podcast.
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  But at the same time,
• 23:38
  you should be willing to defend children no matter what.
• 23:43
  SPEAKER_02: There's a passage in Matthew 18 that says,
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  It would be better to have a millstone tied around your neck
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  and to be drowned in
• 23:51
  the depths of the sea than to offend or lead astray one of
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  these little ones.
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  SPEAKER_02: Those are some pretty harsh words coming from the Lord's mouth himself.
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  SPEAKER_02: And I agree wholeheartedly with what he said.
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  SPEAKER_02: I don't know about you,
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  but I'm of the mind that we have a serious shortage of
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  millstones in the United
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  SPEAKER_02: States of America.
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