Poll: Do you favor gambling for the state?
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Yes- full Las Vegas style gambling including sports books
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no- all gambling should be removed from Kentucky
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12-15-2011, 09:12 PM
At Gov. Beshearâs inaugural day speech he push for a constitutional amendment to allow more kinds of gambling in Kentucky
The Rev. Jeff Fugate of Lexington, pastor of Clays Mill Road Baptist Church, said Wednesday that gambling would bring only brokenness to Kentucky families and shouldnât even be considered by lawmakers
Where do you stand on the issue of gambling in Kentucky?
The Rev. Jeff Fugate of Lexington, pastor of Clays Mill Road Baptist Church, said Wednesday that gambling would bring only brokenness to Kentucky families and shouldnât even be considered by lawmakers
Where do you stand on the issue of gambling in Kentucky?
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12-15-2011, 10:48 PM
Kentucky should permit the building of 4-5 full service casinos separate from the race tracks. By doing what all the neighboring states are doing slots and card games, the state will not have anything to draw the out of staters to the casinos thus the adding of the sports book. Image going to a casino to watch an NFL game or basketball game and being able to put a bet down on the game
12-15-2011, 11:13 PM
I look at gambling just like alcohol or any other potential addiction: Someone that really needs it, craves it and desires it, will find a way to do it or get it. With that said, I do not like making it more readily available, however, if desperate people are willing to drive all the way to the boats to do it, might as well have it here.
I agree with the Pastor that it destroys families but I am not going to jump on my soapbox about it. If I was going to preach against gambling, I would include pornography, alcohol abuse and drugs in the same sermon. Obviously, those items have different impacts and tendencies, (some are flat-out wrong, others are fine in moderation, etc...)
What harm is done if nky makes $60,000 per year and bets $100 that the Bengals win on Sunday, if he wins great, if he loses, no big deal. The problem lies in if nky allows greed and an addiction to become him and begins putting his and his families well-being on the line, etc...
I have gambled before. I have bought lottery tickets and I have made several sports-bets. I have not done so since I have been in the pulpit; the UMC is strongly against gambling, even more so than I am. When I gambled, I did so in moderation, just enough to make a game more interesting. I knew what the limit and the line was. Too often, we hear sad stories of people that do not.
Bottom-line for me, is about control. If people were limited on spending a certain amount per person based on each person's income level or something, which obviously will never and can never be done, fine. I personally do not endorse it, but at the same time, I can be honest and say that I have no leg to stand on to oppose it.
Sometimes, we lose a battle so we can focus attention on the war.
I agree with the Pastor that it destroys families but I am not going to jump on my soapbox about it. If I was going to preach against gambling, I would include pornography, alcohol abuse and drugs in the same sermon. Obviously, those items have different impacts and tendencies, (some are flat-out wrong, others are fine in moderation, etc...)
What harm is done if nky makes $60,000 per year and bets $100 that the Bengals win on Sunday, if he wins great, if he loses, no big deal. The problem lies in if nky allows greed and an addiction to become him and begins putting his and his families well-being on the line, etc...
I have gambled before. I have bought lottery tickets and I have made several sports-bets. I have not done so since I have been in the pulpit; the UMC is strongly against gambling, even more so than I am. When I gambled, I did so in moderation, just enough to make a game more interesting. I knew what the limit and the line was. Too often, we hear sad stories of people that do not.
Bottom-line for me, is about control. If people were limited on spending a certain amount per person based on each person's income level or something, which obviously will never and can never be done, fine. I personally do not endorse it, but at the same time, I can be honest and say that I have no leg to stand on to oppose it.
Sometimes, we lose a battle so we can focus attention on the war.
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