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Why do hotel rooms have Bibles?
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Most hotel room Bibles are placed there by members of the Gideons, International, a group of Christian individuals (usually businessmen) who distribute Bibles to hotel rooms, hospitals, and, in the past, schools. (School distribution has been restricted recently due to court rulings invoking the "Establishment Clause" of the Constitution.)

See the Related Link, "History of the Gideon Bible," to the left for more information.

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