Conservative Christians in Georgia fear Satan is at hand

[marmar]

By Greg Bluestein
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution


It began with a wave of Georgia communities approving Sunday alcohol sales over the past year. That's when the Georgia Christian Coalition first began worrying the state was on the cusp of a cultural shift.

Then last Tuesday's vote may have confirmed it. A narrow majority of the state's Republican voters voiced support what was once unthinkable: Casino gambling.

"One of us is out of step. Either it's the Christian Coalition or the folks that do the voting," said Jerry Luquire, the group's president. He's resigned to the belief that he's on the losing side of that equation. "The public had a chance to speak. And the results speak for themselves."

The non-binding vote has left social conservatives and analysts puzzling over whether the surprising GOP show of support for casino gambling to fund education was a sign of a lasting shift or a fleeting blip on the radar. Far from the blowout that many expected, a slim majority of Republican voters answered "yes" to the question. .................(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.ajc.com/news/conservatives-fear-gambling-vote-1490992.html

[Curtland1015]

1. Drinking AND gambling!?

Oh the debauchery!

Next think you know, women will show their bare shoulders in public!

[Drale]

3. And boys and girls will be able to spend time without a chaperon. /nt

[longship]

4. Oh! The humanity! Next, they'll want to teach evolution! nt

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[CaliforniaPeggy]

6. Bare shoulders, and then ankles! *swoon*

[zbdent]

10. next thing you know, they'll have real trouble ...

There's trouble ... right here in the city ... with a capital T, which rhymes with P which stands for POOL!

[NoPasaran]

11. Dogs and cats. . . living together!

[RedStateLiberal]

2. Dramatic Church Lady Chipmunk is very worried

[Major Nikon]

5. The reason these people have such a problem with drinking and gambling

... is because financing such activities is in direct competition with the collection plate.

Blue laws are just fucking stupid.

[Tom Ripley]

7. I live in one of the two blue oasises in GA. I have travelled and lived throughout the south...

and have concluded that Georgia rednecks are the most redneck of all southern rednecks.

[RandiFan1290]

8. They want to use government

to stop a legal business from operating?

[d_r]

9. he's been down there as long as I can remember