Tudor v. Board of Education of Borough of Rutherford

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Vanderbilt, C. J.

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The Gideons International is a nonprofit corporation organized under the .laws of the State of Illinois, whose object is “to win men and women for the Lord Jesus Christ, through * * * (c) placing the Bible — God’s Holy Words — or portions thereof in hotels, hospitals, schools, institutions, and also through the distribution of same for personal use.” In recent years it began a campaign to make available to pupils in the public schools of this country the so-called “Gideon Bible,” which was characterized by the International in its…