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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsConservative Christians in Georgia fear Satan is at hand
By Greg Bluestein
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
It began with a wave of Georgia communities approving Sunday alcohol sales over the past year. That's when the Georgia Christian Coalition first began worrying the state was on the cusp of a cultural shift.
Then last Tuesday's vote may have confirmed it. A narrow majority of the state's Republican voters voiced support what was once unthinkable: Casino gambling.
"One of us is out of step. Either it's the Christian Coalition or the folks that do the voting," said Jerry Luquire, the group's president. He's resigned to the belief that he's on the losing side of that equation. "The public had a chance to speak. And the results speak for themselves."
The non-binding vote has left social conservatives and analysts puzzling over whether the surprising GOP show of support for casino gambling to fund education was a sign of a lasting shift or a fleeting blip on the radar. Far from the blowout that many expected, a slim majority of Republican voters answered "yes" to the question. .................(more)
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Conservative Christians in Georgia fear Satan is at hand (Original Post)
marmar
Aug 2012
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Curtland1015
(4,404 posts)1. Drinking AND gambling!?
Oh the debauchery!
Next think you know, women will show their bare shoulders in public!
Drale
(7,932 posts)3. And boys and girls will be able to spend time without a chaperon. /nt
longship
(40,416 posts)4. Oh! The humanity! Next, they'll want to teach evolution! nt
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CaliforniaPeggy
(149,627 posts)6. Bare shoulders, and then ankles! *swoon*
zbdent
(35,392 posts)10. next thing you know, they'll have real trouble ...
There's trouble ... right here in the city ... with a capital T, which rhymes with P which stands for POOL!
NoPasaran
(17,291 posts)11. Dogs and cats. . . living together!
RedStateLiberal
(1,374 posts)2. Dramatic Church Lady Chipmunk is very worried
Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)5. The reason these people have such a problem with drinking and gambling
... is because financing such activities is in direct competition with the collection plate.
Blue laws are just fucking stupid.
Tom Ripley
(4,945 posts)7. I live in one of the two blue oasises in GA. I have travelled and lived throughout the south...
and have concluded that Georgia rednecks are the most redneck of all southern rednecks.
RandiFan1290
(6,235 posts)8. They want to use government
to stop a legal business from operating?
d_r
(6,907 posts)9. he's been down there as long as I can remember