However, this past May, a federal judge in Lafayette, Indiana ruled in favor of permitting the Gideons to distribute Bibles in its district's public schools. In his ruling, Judge Allen Sharp said that the distribution of Gideon Bibles is "no more an endor sement of Christianity than allowing Little League baseball to disseminate its materials is an endorsement of the national pastime." The policy of the Renssalaer School District is to allow all groups, "except Satan worshipers," to distribute their materi als and address the student body.

Although, at present, the ruling is binding in that federal district, we predict that Judge Sharp will be reversed on appeal.