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From: lew@ihuxr.UUCP (Lew Mammel, Jr.)
Newsgroups: net.religion,net.sport.football
Subject: JOHN 3:16
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Date: Tue, 3-Jan-84 16:41:10 EST
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Posted: Tue Jan  3 16:41:10 1984
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In virtually every major baseball and football game since the World Series
I have seen a prominent sign displaying, "JOHN 3:16" (the verse is, "for God
so loved the world he gave his only begotten son".) At the Dallas-Washington
game in Texas Stadium there were two of them, one at each end, one of them
with black letters on white and the other with white letters on black.
The signs are always situated so that they are frequently on camera.

These signs certainly seem to be the result of an organized effort, and
I'm wondering what individual or group is responsible. I'm also wondering
why they're tolerated.  Presumably the chapter-verse citation is a means to
avoid overt proselytizing, which might NOT be tolerated. This raises the
general question of what policies exist concerning acceptability of these signs.

Does anybody know anything about this?

	Lew Mammel, Jr. ihuxr!lew