Ohio town halts public school Bible distribution. (Around The States).Education officials in Rushville, Ohio, have agreed to stop allowing the Gideons to distribute Bibles to fifth graders, after receiving a complaint from a parent. Rushville Middle School Principal Gene Scott said the practice had been going on for years. Representatives from the evangelical Christian group would bring boxes of New Testaments and make them available to fifth graders during science class. Scott also agreed that the school would stop sponsoring a "voluntary" recitation rec·i·ta·tion n. 1. a. The act of reciting memorized materials in a public performance. b. The material so presented. 2. a. Oral delivery of prepared lessons by a pupil. b. of the Lord's Prayer every day. He said the school would shift to a moment of silence instead. In a similar case from Alabama Alabama, indigenous people of North America Alabama (ăləbăm`ə), indigenous people of North America whose language belongs to the Muskogean branch of the Hokan-Siouan linguistic stock (see Native American languages). , officials with the public school system in Limestone County Limestone County is the name of several counties in the United States:
Bob Lambert Robert James Hamilton "Bob" Lambert (born 18 July 1874 in Dublin, Ireland; died 24 March 1956 in Dublin)[1] was an Irish cricketer. A right-handed batsman and a right-arm off spin bowler,<ref name="CAP" /> he played 51 times for the Ireland cricket team , president of the local Gideons chapter, said his group voluntarily withdrew because it did not want any negative publicity. "We seek other methods to accomplish our goals," he said. |
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