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Gambling Opponents Say Moral Argument No Longer a Trump
As casinos and lotteries spread, two-thirds of Americans join in.
Greg Trotter, Religion News Service | posted 3/18/2008 09:49AM
The moral opposition to gambling might be gasping its last breaths.
As more and more states turn to casinos and gambling to fill shrinking budget coffers, the voices of the religious opposition are struggling to convince people that it is morally wrong.
It's an uphill fight: A recent study by Ellison Research showed that 70 percent of Americans do not consider gambling to be a sin.
"It's not acceptable in today's society to present arguments based solely on religion or morals," said I. Nelson Rose, who teaches gambling law at the Whittier Law School in California.
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