Western Massachusetts Episcopal convention votes against casino gambling

Posted by Kendall Harmon

A resolution from the convention, meeting at the Sheraton Springfield Monarch Place Hotel, reads, in part:

“Resolved, that we will undertake efforts to educate our members and our communities about the negative impact casinos will have ...

“Resolved, that we will take action to minimize that negative impact, in particular by opposing a casino in Springfield because of the large number of our fellow citizens made especially vulnerable because of the effects of age, poverty, and addiction in the city; and we will be prepared to help those people who will suffer as a result of this legislation.


Read it all.

Filed under: * Anglican - EpiscopalEpiscopal Church (TEC)TEC Diocesan Conventions/Diocesan Councils* Culture-WatchGambling* Economics, PoliticsEconomyConsumer/consumer spending* TheologyEthics / Moral Theology

0 Comments
Posted October 21, 2012 at 5:30 am [Printer Friendly] [Print w/ comments]
Registered members must log in to comment.




Next entry (above): (Post-Gazette) Unity a theme at new Pittsburgh Episcopal bishop’s consecration

Previous entry (below): A Prayer to Begin the Day

Return to blog homepage

Return to Mobile view (headlines)