At last! One pastor and church have the moral courage to reject blood money.
A man in Orange Park, FL, won $6MM in the Florida lottery and wanted to give 10% to his church.
The church turned down the gift of $600,000!
Well done! State lotteries are wrong. States set up a monopoly lottery, engaging in a business that is illegal for regular citizens. The state targets its poorest citizens. That is who buys lottery tickets - studies all show it. The very people whom the government should be helping protect and provide opportunity for - that is who the government exploits.
It is ill-gotten gain. just plain wrong to do.
The ends do not justify the means.
I would not rob you and then make myself feel better by giving part of it to charity. You do not blow up the barn to BBQ one pig.
State lotteries are wrong, immoral.
And finally, one church has backed it up with real backbone. Well done!