Bloomington teen says he won't compete in National Spelling Bee on the Sabbath
One of Indiana's top contenders for the National Spelling Bee title says he'll sit out the competition this year because his regional bee in Bloomington is scheduled on a Sunday.
Elliot Huck, a 14-year-old from Bloomington who finished 45th out of more than 250 spellers in the National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C., last year, says competing on Sunday conflicts with his view of the Biblical commandment to rest on the Sabbath.
"I always try to glorify God with what I do in the spelling bee because he is the one who gave me the talent for spelling," said Elliot, a student at Lighthouse Christian Academy in Bloomington.
"Now I think I'm going to not spell and try to give glory to God in that."...