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Borgata Bans Free Bibles from Rooms30 April 2003ATLANTIC CITY, New Jersey -- As reported by the Associated Press: "The rooms in the splashy, billion-dollar Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa will be missing one item when it opens this summer - a bible. "The casino's owners have barred the local chapter of Gideons International from placing bibles in each of its 2,002 rooms, marking the first time that an Atlantic City casino has established such a policy. "`What we've found is there's such a diversity of gaming customers that visit Atlantic City, by putting one generic publication in there you're not fulfilling the needs of everybody,' Michael Facenda, a Borgata spokesman, told The Press of Atlantic City for Wednesday's editions. "...Jim Werner, the bible scriptures secretary for the Gideons' Atlantic County chapter, believes the casino will eventually reverse its policy..." |