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Church Officials in
Ohio Oppose Casino Expansion
Sept. 27-06
Proposed casino expansion in Ohio is
causing trouble of Biblical proportion. A coalition of Christian
clergy are banning together in order to prevent the further spread
of casino gambling in the state. The group plans to display yard
signs and campaign from door to door so that their message may be
heard.
The clergy, in addition to their
secular protests against the casino instructions, will also give
an adequate amount of time to the issue in the pulpit during
Sunday sermon.
Although the State may have separated
the church, the church is finding it hard pressed to separate from
the state.
Both religious conservatives and
religious liberals have come together on the issue of casino
construction in the Columbus area.
The proposed expansion is meant to
possible avoid raising taxes within the next for years, and has
therefore has become a hot button issue as it pertains to the
gubernatorial debate and election as it is set for November.
The religious leaders behind the
refusal of the casino expansion are very influential in the
community. The United Methodist Bishop; Bruce Ough, and the pastor
of the World Harvest Church; Rod Parsley, are joining forces in
the community in order to express their disapproval of the casino
initiative.
The Learn and Earn initiative, which
has become the title of the plan to expand casinos into Columbus,
hold that the intentions behind constructing casinos in the State
are beneficial to the educational system which would benefit from
the revenue produced by the casinos.
Ough and Parsley intend to expose the
veil that the casino proposal is hiding behind. It is their
contention that the by living under the guise that the casinos are
being constructed to allow for scholarship opportunities distorts
the issue. The slot-machines would open the door for a fully
functional gambling operation in Ohio.
The religious organizations involved
believe that the government should be accountable to explain to
the public exactly how they intend to "expand" the casino industry
in Ohio, and the deprecations that this would have on the general
community. Until then, Parsley and Ough will continue their
protest of the Learn and Earn initiative.
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