TORONTO - An Ontario public school board's decision to ban distribution of Gideon Bibles to its young students has unleashed a torrent of threatening calls and hateful emails directed at trustees.

Gideon's Bible is a conversation between Rick Salutin, and his son, Gideon. It begins with Gideon as a child, asking why he was given his name. Rick says it's from the Bible and Gideon asks, "What ...

Free Gideon Bible handouts face another school ban. The Canadian Press Published Wednesday, March 21, 2012 3:22PM EDT A Gideon Bible is seen in this undated image taken from video.

Gideons International, an evangelical Protestant association based in Nashville, Tenn., has been placing its Bibles – comprising a New Testament plus the books of Psalms and Proverbs from the ...

The Bible handout has been going on for years, he said. Gideons International is a group of Christian men who give out Bibles to students, prisoners, soldiers and others.