11.   Jiang said he does not personally ascribe to a religious faith, but he has read scriptures from Buddhism, Christianity and Islam.

12.   One player read scripture, another recited a prayer.

13.   Some two dozen people listen as a young woman reads the scripture in their native Spanish.

14.   Some protestant churches permit women priests and the Roman Catholic Church allows lay women deacons to read scriptures during mass and assist the priest.