Poll: Most Baptists Oppose N.C. Lottery

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LOTTOMIKE — Sat, 02 Apr 2005 02:04:59 GMT

more or less these religious people only care about the gambling when some of the money is not gonna go through their pockets or hurt their bingo games its all b.s........

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PrisonerSix — Mon, 28 Mar 2005 18:19:10 GMT

Quote: Originally posted by Winners on March 25, 2005you are sooooooooo right they will be the first in line. So they need to butt out. Just bring in the lottery!!!Sounds like North Carolina is going through what Louisiana went through back in the late 1980s when Louisiana was talking about bringing in a lottery. The churches were all very much opposed to it in both heavily Catholic south Louisiana and heavily Baptist north Louisiana on moral grounds, supposedly.Many legislators at the time wer... [ More ]

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LOTTOMIKE — Sun, 27 Mar 2005 01:09:47 GMT

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Winners — Sat, 26 Mar 2005 03:49:40 GMT

you are sooooooooo right they will be the first in line. So they need to butt out. Just bring in the lottery

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LOTTOMIKE — Fri, 25 Mar 2005 20:21:18 GMT

these same baptists will be the first in line for tickets,hypocritical b.s.....

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MADDOG10 — Fri, 25 Mar 2005 16:52:36 GMT

wake up people of N.C., it is not a sin to wager money to benefit yourself , others and your own childrens education. it benefits everyone including the elderly. the seeds you plant today, can only prosper...!! open your eye's

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CARBOB — Fri, 25 Mar 2005 16:30:12 GMT

Does anyone think that the Southern Baptists would be for anything that someone else might enjoy. They are not even thinking about the money generated from the lottery. Well, everyone knows that hellfire and brimstones will rain down on the people who play the lottery. I think it's only been about 5 years since they started speaking to each other in the liquor store. LOL Carbob

Poll: Most Baptists Oppose N.C. Lottery

Lottery Post — Fri, 25 Mar 2005 15:56:26 GMT

More than half the respondents to a Baptist web poll want any North Caolina lottery proposal killed in the state legislature.Responding to a question asking how they would urge their legislators to respond to a proposal for a state-operated lottery in North Carolina, 56 percent of respondents to the poll at www.northcarolinabaptists.org said they want lawmakers to kill a lottery by vote in the legislature.Another 42 percent of respondents would have their representatives in state government prov... [ More ]