Tag: Southern Baptist
Baptists team up with Adelson against online gambling
April 22, 2014
Washington Examiner – Lindsey Graham is a Southern Baptist. Last month, the senator from South Carolina proposed gambling legislation that was written by a lobbyist for casino billionaire Sheldon Adelson, who was raising money for Graham’s reelection in South Carolina — where two-thirds of Republican primary voters identify as evangelical or born-again Christians. The Southern Baptist Convention, through its resolutions, has condemned gambling as “immoral,” “harmful,” and “devastating.” In the words of a 1996 resolution, the SBC has “frequently stated its opposition to the gambling industry.” So, naturally, a reporter asked Graham about this Adelson-crafted bill. “I would say that…