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2024-03-16 -Land of the Free

Gideons Christian Group Blocked From Distributing Bibles In Georgia Hospital In Name Of DEI

[WIRE] Gideons International, the Christian organization known for distributing Bibles to hospitals across the country, is being blocked out by a large hospital system in rural Georgia because of new diversity, equity, and inclusion policies, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter.

Gideons, which distributes its free Bibles to not only hospitals, but also various other locations like hotels, and jails, is now blocked from servicing the Phoebe Putney Health System, which serves hundreds of thousands of people in over 40 Georgia counties and is one of the state’s largest healthcare providers. Gideons hasn’t had its Bibles in the system’s hospitals for months after maintaining a working relationship for several years, according to sources who spoke with The Daily Wire.

The policy raises questions about why inclusion policies would be used to exclude Christians from sharing Bibles with those who are sick or on their deathbed. It also raises questions how such a policy could be in place in a place referred to by locals as the "belt buckle" of the Bible belt.

Gideons was founded in 1899 and has distributed over 2 billion Bibles in more than 95 languages to 200 countries and territories. It is most well known for placing Bibles in night stands in hotels across America with about a million being distributed every year to hotels and motels.

A source familiar with intimate knowledge of the situation said that Gideons was first restricted during the response to the coronavirus pandemic from entering Phoebe. The organization wasn’t let back in after COVID restrictions were relaxed and they attempted to resume their work last year. At the time, the Gideons were told their work was "a violation of the DEI policy and they would no longer be allowed" into the Phoebe facilities, according to the source.

The source said that the policy was "clearly anti-Christian" and that citing DEI to restrict the Gideons made no sense because Christians were being excluded instead of included.

Posted by Besoeker 2024-03-16 06:43|| || Front Page|| [55 views ] Top

#1 Government is your religion. Get over it.

[sarc off]

Posted by Besoeker 2024-03-16 06:47|| 2024-03-16 06:47|| Front Page Top

#2 Pagan Globalists are work

Posted by Procopius2k 2024-03-16 08:17|| 2024-03-16 08:17|| Front Page Top

#3 What about the Quran?

Posted by Grom the Reflective 2024-03-16 08:31|| 2024-03-16 08:31|| Front Page Top

#4 Damn Black-a-moors.

Posted by Rex Mundi 2024-03-16 08:40|| 2024-03-16 08:40|| Front Page Top

#5 imagine you got a job or preference because of 'affirmative action'. Wouldn't you feel inferior to your fellow contestants regardless of skin color or shape?

Posted by irish rage boy 2024-03-16 08:53|| www.weemfg.com 2024-03-16 08:53|| Front Page Top

#6 ...that's the point.

Posted by Procopius2k 2024-03-16 09:40|| 2024-03-16 09:40|| Front Page Top

#7 This policy will fail in court. Gotta exclude everyone or no one. Otherwise it is discrimination. And excluding everyone is a violation of the 1st amendment of religion and speech so....

Posted by DarthVader 2024-03-16 09:53|| 2024-03-16 09:53|| Front Page Top

#8 "The policy raises questions about why inclusion policies would be used to exclude Christians from sharing Bibles with those who are sick or on their deathbed."

Simple. Christians are icky. What do you not understand about that?

Posted by Tom 2024-03-16 11:48|| 2024-03-16 11:48|| Front Page Top

#9 DEI = the new religion..in addition to TDS, wokeism and climate change.

Posted by JohnQC 2024-03-16 13:12|| 2024-03-16 13:12|| Front Page Top