For as long as anyone can remember, the Gideon Bible has been a fixture in hotel rooms. The Gideons started putting them there in 1908. But there is a campaign going on to remove them from hotel rooms. They are still there, in abundance. But the handwriting is on the wall (to quote the Book of Daniel).
At the beginning of this year, the University of Wisconsin removed the Gideon Bibles from its guest rooms. Why? The university had received a letter saying that, in having the Bibles in its rooms, the university was violating the Constitution. Who said so? Who sent the letter? The Freedom from Religion Foundation, in the university’s hometown of Madison.
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