Arkansas panel endorses naming Bible state's official book

    (AP) – An Arkansas House panel has endorsed the idea of
naming the Bible as the state's official book.
    The House Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs
Committee on Wednesday advanced the resolution supporting the designation of the
Bible as Arkansas' state book. The bill, which now heads to the full House, says
the system of law contained in the Bible forms the basis upon which modern
civilization is structured.
    Tennessee's governor last year vetoed legislation naming the Bible as that
state's official book, saying he believed it trivialized something he considered
sacred text.