Penna Dexter hosts today. Her first guest is Tim Goeglein. Tim is the Vice President for External and Government Relations at Focus on the Family in Washington DC and he brings us his newest book, Stumbling Toward Utopia. In the second hour, she welcomes Alliance Defending Freedom’s Mike Farris. They’ll talk about Repealing the Johnson Amendment.
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From 1988 through 1998, Tim was the Deputy Press Secretary, and then Press Secretary and Communications Director, for U.S. Senator Dan Coats of Indiana (who was in the Senate for a decade). Between his time with the Senate and Bush campaign, Tim served as Communications Director for Gary Bauer in his presidential bid.
Goeglein is author of many books and he holds Honorary Doctorate degrees from Concordia University, New York City; and from Faith Evangelical College and Seminary, Tacoma, Washington.
The most important thing to know about Tim is that he has been married to the love of his life, Jenny, for 31 years, and they have two sons Tim and Paul -- one in public policy and one in the fine arts and music.
He was founding president of both the Home School Legal Defense Association (1983) and Patrick Henry College (2000). He served as the President and CEO of Alliance Defending Freedom from 2017 to 2022. In “semi-retirement,” he serves as General Counsel to the National Religious Broadcasters and consults with the Convention of States Project.
For over 40 years, Farris has practiced constitutional appellate litigation specializing in religious freedom and parental rights. In that capacity, he has argued before the appellate courts of thirteen states, eight federal circuit courts of appeal, and the Supreme Court of the United States.
Mike was CEO of Alliance Defending Freedom while ADF served as co-counsel to the Attorney General of Mississippi for the case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health which reversed Roe v. Wade.
For his work in homeschooling, Farris was named one of the Top 100 Faces in Education of the 20th Century by Education Week. He has also been recognized with lifetime achievement awards by the Heritage Foundation, the Family Foundation of Virginia, the Florida Family Policy Council, the Convention of States Project, the Association of Classical Christian Schools, and has received two honorary doctorates.
Farris is the author of over fifteen books, as well as law review and other scholarly and popular articles. He and his wife, Vickie, have ten children, many grandchildren and one great-grandchild.