Casino – The Worst JLP Mistake?

Jamaica Casino — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 15:43:25 +0000

Reverend Al Miller of the Fellowship Tabernacle Church in Kingston has described the decision to introduce casino gambling to Jamaica as the worst mistake of the one year old Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) administration.

“If we talk about blunders so far, from the churches stand point that would be the one of great concern to us, seeing the position that the government has taken in pursuing this line … we’re still waiting to see how that will unravel,” he said.

The Church attacks Jamaica’s casino plan

Jamaica Casino — Sun, 18 May 2008 08:56:45 +0000

In a presentation of the government’s budget to Parliament in Kingston last week, Prime Minister Bruce Golding argued casino gambling would bring jobs, tourists and revenues to the island. However the Bishop of Jamaica, the Rt Rev and Hon Alfred Reid, along with leaders of the Council of Churches and the Evangelical Association have condemned the move, saying it would be “socially destructive” and hasten the island’s moral decline.

The Rev Peter Garth of the Jamaican Evangelical Association told the Jamaica Observer “this is a very sad day.” Jamaica’s churches “have always said that gambling, including casino gambling; is personally selfish, morally irresponsible and socially destructive.”

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Casino – The Worst JLP Mistake?

The Church attacks Jamaica’s casino plan