An Alabama Baptist church that suffered building damage during a tornado is returning a $25,000 donation from a casino, citing a conflict of interest.
An Alabama Baptist church that suffered building damage during a tornado is returning a $25,000 donation from a casino, citing a conflict of interest.
This week, the Supreme Court struck down a federal law that prohibits sports gambling. The landmark decision gives states the right to legalize betting on sports.
Some Christian conservative groups say they are planning to challenge a Supreme Court ruling that ended a federal ban on sports gambling outside of Nevada.
What do legalized gambling and legalized pot have in common? They fill government coffers and fuel social pathologies -- all in the name of personal freedom. I’ll explain, next on BreakPoint.
The state of Maryland -- or at least its governor and liberal legislators -- wants to expand gambling to bring in more money. Despite already high taxes on individuals and businesses, the state never has enough.
All the glitz cannot hide the damage caused by casinos.
The nationwide explosion of legal gambling may well be the most underrated dimension of America’s moral crisis.
Any way you slice it, state-sanctioned gambling is a bad bet. And it’s an easy cop-out for tax-hungry politicians.
Should government be contributing to the destruction of the social fabric in its never-ending pursuit of money?
