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Subject
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Year
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Title |
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Gambling
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1997
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RESOLUTION OPPOSING GAMBLING AND ITS ADVERTISEMENT |
WHEREAS, The tidal wave of gambling in our country has left in its wake pain and destruction in the lives of countless people, especially the children, poor, and elderly; and
WHEREAS, Many state governments have believed the lie that state&#
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Gambling
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1996
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RESOLUTION SUPPORTING A NATIONAL COMMISSION ON THE EFFECTS OF GAMBLING |
WHEREAS, The Southern Baptist Convention has frequently stated its opposition to the gambling industry and the devastating effects of gambling upon the moral and economic life of our nation; and
WHEREAS, No national commission has studied the
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Gambling
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1987
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RESOLUTION ON GAMBLING |
WHEREAS, The Southern Baptist Convention has spoken on numerous occasions about the harmful effects of gambling; and
WHEREAS, Many states are now allowing legal state lotteries; and
WHEREAS, Many states are now in the midst of a battl
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Gambling
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1986
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RESOLUTION ON GAMBLING AND GAMBLING ADVERTISING |
WHEREAS, The Southern Baptist Convention has frequently expressed alarm about the devastating consequences of gambling upon the moral and economic life of our nation and its families; and
WHEREAS, The gambling industry continues its well-fina
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Gambling
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1985
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RESOLUTION ON OPPOSITION TO A NATIONAL LOTTERY |
WHEREAS, The Southern Baptist Convention and many state Baptist conventions have repeatedly expressed strong opposition to the spread of legalized gambling; and
WHEREAS, Several proposals now being considered in Congress call for the establis
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Gambling
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1984
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RESOLUTION ON GAMBLING |
WHEREAS, Gambling is an immoral effort that creates deliberate risks not inherent in or necessary to the functioning of society; and
WHEREAS, Aggressive actions by the gambling interests in recent months make abundantly clear their intention
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Gambling
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1983
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RESOLUTION ON GAMBLING |
WHEREAS, There is now an increasingly large number of compulsive gamblers in the United States, and there are millions of others whose engagement in this immoral effort to get something for nothing contributes to the moral decline and family instabil
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Gambling
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1950
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CONCERNING BEVERAGE ALCOHOL AND GAMBLING (not a Resolution) |
1. We recommend that our churches and associations of churches continue and strengthen their support of local state leaders in their temperance activities. We recommend that our efforts in the several states be intensified to achieve the legal elim
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Gambling
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1947
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RESOLUTION ON GAMBLING |
WHEREAS, The motion picture industry has for many years exploited for its own profit the baser tendencies in human nature by presenting on the screen scenes depicting gambling, drinking, organized vice, divorce and general immorality, and
WHR
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Gambling
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1938
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ADDENDEUM TO SOCIAL SERVICE COMMISSION REPORT |
WHEREAS, Legislation has been offered in our National Congress proposing a legalized National Lottery; and
WHEREAS, This proposed legislation seeks to secure dignity and acceptance by offering the income to the support of charity, and
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