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Girard442

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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

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SupremeOs legalize republican family-values gambling [View all] 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