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  • Gideons visit local schools; ACLU uneasy

    11/06/2005 1:20:19 PM PST · by wagglebee · 52 replies · 1,086+ views
    Lynchburg News & Advance ^ | 11/5/05 | Amy Coute
    Two Gideons International representatives were in the Robert S. Payne Elementary School cafeteria Friday alongside a table of small red Bibles. The two men had permission to be there from Lynchburg City Schools. Superintendent Paul McKendrick said city school policy requires students to give the Gideons representative a form signed by a parent before they can accept a Bible. Gideons representatives were scheduled to visit fifth-graders at Payne, Heritage, Sandusky and Perrymont elementary schools Friday, according to a school activity and events calendar posted on the Lynchburg City Schools Web site. The executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union...