{"id":14443,"date":"2014-01-18T10:19:40","date_gmt":"2014-01-18T14:19:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/?p=14443"},"modified":"2014-01-18T02:23:14","modified_gmt":"2014-01-18T06:23:14","slug":"university-of-wisconsin-removes-bibles-from-guest-rooms-following-atheist-complaint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/university-of-wisconsin-removes-bibles-from-guest-rooms-following-atheist-complaint\/","title":{"rendered":"University of Wisconsin Removes Gideon Bibles From Guest Rooms Following Atheist Complaint"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Heather Clark<br \/>\nChristian News Network<\/p>\n<div id=\"nrelate_flyout_placeholder\">\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" alt=\"Born again Bible pd\" src=\"http:\/\/christiannews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Born-again-Bible-pd-300x162.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"162\" \/>MADISON, Wis. \u2013<\/strong> The University of Wisconsin-Extension has removed all of the Gideon Bibles from its conference center guest rooms at the urging of an atheist activist organization.<\/p>\n<p>The Madison, Wisconsin-based Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) states that it received a complaint last November from a visitor to the university\u2019s Lowell Center, who noticed the Bible in their room.<\/p>\n<p>The organization then sent a letter to university officials, asserting that the placement of the Gideon Bibles violated the Establishment Clause of the United States Constitution, which reads, \u201cCongress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is a fundamental principle of Establishment Clause jurisprudence that a government entity cannot promote, advance or otherwise endorse religion,\u201d the letter stated. \u201cPermitting members of outside religious groups the privilege of placing their religious literature in public university guest rooms constitutes state endorsement and advancement of these Christian publications.\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/christiannews.net\/2014\/01\/17\/university-of-wisconsin-removes-bibles-from-guest-rooms-following-atheist-complaint\/\" target=\"_blank\">Click here<\/a> to continue reading.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Heather Clark Christian News&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1911,87,46,385,191,45],"tags":[173,268,1531,2158,2159],"class_list":["post-14443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-remembering-communism","category-the-word-of-god-defending-the-faith","category-politics","category-freedom-signs-of-the-times","category-on-christian-faith","category-signs-of-the-times","tag-freedom","tag-word-of-god","tag-bible","tag-university-of-wisconsin","tag-gideon-bibles","wpcat-1911-id","wpcat-87-id","wpcat-46-id","wpcat-385-id","wpcat-191-id","wpcat-45-id"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.4 (Yoast SEO v28.4) - 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