Opinion No.

The Honorable David Choate State Representative 709 N. Main Street Beebe, Arkansas 72012-3048

Dear Representative Choate:

This is in response to your request for an opinion on three questions involving the "Freedom of Speech" and "Establishment Clauses" of the United States Constitution. Specifically, you note that you have become aware of certain situations on the campus of the Beebe Branch of Arkansas State University which prompt your questions. It is my understanding that the issue involves the distribution of Gideon Bibles. Your three specific questions are as follows:

1. May religious…