Stop Predatory Gambling

Casino ownership is about loving yourself more than your neighbor

by spgadmin

Today’s New York Times has a story about a politically influential African American pastor in New York City who is an investor in a soon-to-be Queens casino.

The casino business model and its business practices are predicated on greed, deceit and exploitation by pushing addiction and indebtedness among our neighbors.

The second of Jesus’s two greatest commandments was “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” How can an authentic leader of any Christian community square this core principle with being a casino investor?