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Achilleaze

(15,543 posts) Tue May 15, 2018, 07:55 AM May 2018

SupremeOs legalize republican family-values gambling

Once again showing a crud-encrusted facet of republican family values (their real values, not the FAKE ones they preach about), the republican SupremOs have now made GAMBLING the republican family-values LAW OF THE LAND.

With KGOP 'gawdd-emperor' Comrade Casino (republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief) in charge, a republican crapshoot was inevitable.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/14/us/politics/supreme-court-sports-betting-new-jersey.html

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SupremeOs legalize republican family-values gambling (Original Post) Achilleaze May 2018 OP

I don't think I've ever heard Republicans moralizing over gambling. brooklynite May 2018 #1

You may have a point Achilleaze May 2018 #2

From the Southern Baptist Convention in 1984 Girard442 May 2018 #3

The lottery dream. safeinOhio May 2018 #4

...and some people just enjoy gambling. brooklynite May 2018 #5

I do admire the Social Democracies of Europe and have safeinOhio May 2018 #8

Or, Supreme Court strikes down bad law that kept states from making their own decisions Blue_Adept May 2018 #6

In any event, republican family values are The Law of the Land, Inc. Achilleaze May 2018 #7

That's not even an accurate description of the decision jberryhill May 2018 #9

has nothing to do with republican values as ALL the Supreme Court justices rule in beachbum bob May 2018 #10

brooklynite

(96,882 posts)

1. I don't think I've ever heard Republicans moralizing over gambling.

Reply to Achilleaze (Original post)

Tue May 15, 2018, 07:58 AM

May 2018

Plenty of things to be upset about; this isn't one of them.

FWIW - Kagan and Breyer concurred.

Achilleaze

(15,543 posts)

2. You may have a point

Reply to brooklynite (Reply #1)

Tue May 15, 2018, 08:00 AM

May 2018

Girard442

(6,918 posts)

3. From the Southern Baptist Convention in 1984

Reply to brooklynite (Reply #1)

Tue May 15, 2018, 08:04 AM

May 2018

WHEREAS, Gambling is an immoral effort that creates deliberate risks not inherent in or necessary to the functioning of society...

Much more at the link. Of course this is pre-Trump. Probably the later resolutions laud casino gambling and multiple marriages to supermodels.

http://www.sbc.net/resolutions/564/resolution-on-gambling

safeinOhio

(38,058 posts)

4. The lottery dream.

Reply to Achilleaze (Original post)

Tue May 15, 2018, 08:04 AM

May 2018

Some poor people in this country do not want the rich to pay their fair share of taxes because they are certain they will hit the winning number some day.

brooklynite

(96,882 posts)

5. ...and some people just enjoy gambling.

Reply to safeinOhio (Reply #4)

Tue May 15, 2018, 08:07 AM

May 2018

Just about every social Democracy in Europe that folks claim to admire have sports gambling.

safeinOhio

(38,058 posts)

8. I do admire the Social Democracies of Europe and have

Reply to brooklynite (Reply #5)

Tue May 15, 2018, 08:37 AM

May 2018

no problem with gambling, as soon as we have medical care for everyone, rich people paying their share of taxes and spending what they do on education and the military.

Blue_Adept

(6,500 posts)

6. Or, Supreme Court strikes down bad law that kept states from making their own decisions

Reply to Achilleaze (Original post)

Tue May 15, 2018, 08:10 AM

May 2018

Achilleaze

(15,543 posts)

7. In any event, republican family values are The Law of the Land, Inc.

Reply to Blue_Adept (Reply #6)

Tue May 15, 2018, 08:27 AM

May 2018

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)

9. That's not even an accurate description of the decision

Reply to Achilleaze (Original post)

Tue May 15, 2018, 08:47 AM

May 2018

The Supreme Court did not somehow legalize sports gambling. They struck down a federal law which allowed some states to legalize it, but not others. Whether states decide to do so is up to them.

What would be your take on a federal law which allowed some states to legalize marijuana, but not other states?

beachbum bob

(10,437 posts)

10. has nothing to do with republican values as ALL the Supreme Court justices rule in

Reply to Achilleaze (Original post)

Tue May 15, 2018, 09:03 AM

May 2018

favor of breaking an illegal hold over the sports betting industry

more important issues to get excited about

I am glad for this ruling as it should be in the state's hands

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