Churches Oppose Table Games

The Kanawha County churches are opposed to the addition of table games at the racetrack, and are rallying the troops to get them to spread the word that table games are bad for the state and even worse for their county. They held an outdoor rally on Sunday in Dunbar to discuss the evils of gambling.

Right outside the First United Methodist Church, the Reverend Okey Harless led the group encouraging them to oppose the table games in Kanawha County when they come to vote on August 11th. Harless said that gambling is a menace to society and it was his job, and the church’s job, to stand up in defiance of the measure.

Harless runs the parish, and is a member of the Dunbar Ministerial Association, and he joined other members of churches to promote their anti-gambling stance. They are campaigning against the addition of table games to the existing slot machines at the Tri-State Racetrack & Gaming in Nitro.

The group, and others in support of the group, have several demonstrations and rallies planned to campaign against the expansion of gambling. They will be running them up until the vote, which is August 11th. Harless said that they must stand up to those who want to expand the gambling, because it will only end up with more people in debt from gambling, which leads to the destruction of the home and the family.

Harless said that those that have been arguing that the number of jobs that the county will be getting is nothing compared to the number of addicts they will be getting. He said that the industry has a high turnover rate anyway, so how much benefit is there really?

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