Frey funeral open to public on Nov. 1

The funeral for former U.S. Rep. Lou Frey will be open to the public, his family said Friday.

The service is scheduled for Friday, Nov. 1 at 10 a.m. at St. John’s Lutheran Church, 1600 S. Orlando Ave., Winter Park.

Overflow parking will be available at Mead Gardens a few blocks away. The gardens will have a golf cart available for those who need assistance.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to: The Lou Frey Institute, 12443 Research Parkway, Suite 406, Orlando, 32826-3297.

like a crowd that goes back to the room for a few verses from Deuteronomy before turning in.

At least everyone is fully clothed on Edition’s website, which says “each property is designed to give guests a curated taste of the locale, reflecting the best of cultural and social milieu.”

Hint: If you use words like “milieu,” you are obnoxiously hip.

Another reason for the Bible’s decline is many new hotels have shelves instead of nightstands with drawers.

“A copy of the Scriptures on a bedside shelf makes a more pronounced statement than a Bible slipped into a drawer,” Terry said.

And who would be bothered by such a statement?

Obnoxiously hip atheists, of course.

They’ve politicked for years to have religious material removed from hotel rooms. A 2015 statement from the Freedom From Religion Foundation called Bibles “an invasive species.”

It said Charles Darwin’s “On the Origin of Species” should be placed in hotel rooms.

Frey, a Republican who represented Central Florida in Congress for 10 years and had a long career as a commentator on public radio, died Monday at a hospice center in Winter Springs. He was 85. That’d be fine by me. If you don’t like what’s in the nightstand drawer, ignore it. Nobody is requiring guests to memorize John 3:16 in order for their HBO to work.

And of the 2 billion Bibles the Gideons have placed, I’d bet at least two or three hotel guests found a bit of comfort and inspiration.

So to answer this week’s question, yes, Bibles are still available in Orlando’s hotel milieu. But if you want to make sure you find one, check out the game room.

If an obnoxiously hip millennial is straddling the foosball table, chances are you should move on down the road.