Anyone else get these? I moved into my university halls last year and found one in my room. I didn't really know much about them when I got it, but apparently the gideons pay NOTHING to place them in rooms. I think it's something worth paying attention to.
If their religious literature can be placed in rooms free, I don't see why we shouldn't be able to request that similar secular literature be placed in rooms free of charge. If this isn't possible then the bibles should be removed from the rooms, and if it is possible then great, I'm sure there are lots of secular organisations that would like to put their material around for free.
Anyway, I inquired with my hall manager on this topic, and apparently they don't place them there anymore. I've started a little campaign to get them removed from our hall rooms and hopefully that should be that, but what if they still place them there? I found this link to be very useful:
http://www.atheistactivist.org/Gideons.html
If their religious literature can be placed in rooms free, I don't see why we shouldn't be able to request that similar secular literature be placed in rooms free of charge. If this isn't possible then the bibles should be removed from the rooms, and if it is possible then great, I'm sure there are lots of secular organisations that would like to put their material around for free.
Anyway, I inquired with my hall manager on this topic, and apparently they don't place them there anymore. I've started a little campaign to get them removed from our hall rooms and hopefully that should be that, but what if they still place them there? I found this link to be very useful:
http://www.atheistactivist.org/Gideons.html
