Governor of New Hampshire states position on Frank's bill

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I agree. It can be best to be proactive. At least then we are stating our position and not just defending it. If this governor knows he has a lot of constituents in favor of gaming online perhaps he will not be so persuaded by the time the "other" guys get to him.

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Our opponents know what's going on. Here's what Focus on the Family thinks about us:

http://www.family.org/socialissues/Gambling/ and http://family.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/f...p?p_faqid=1238 .

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Gambling is driven by and subsists on greed. For this reason, the activity is morally bankrupt from its very foundation. Gambling is also an activity which exploits the vulnerable — the young, the old, and those susceptible to addictive behaviors. Further, gambling entices the financially disadvantaged classes with the unrealistic hope of escape from poverty through instant riches, thus ultimately worsening the plight of our poorest citizens. Also, gambling undermines the work ethic. It is based on the premise of something for nothing, a concept that sanctions idleness rather than industriousness, slothfulness instead of initiative.

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Focus on the Family has asked their members to write to Bush and Paulson of the Treasury for tough UIGEA regs. http://www.citizenlink.org/FOSI/gamb...A000004244.cfm

Here's a James Dobson (Focus on the Family leader) quote:

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Likewise, we have been lifelong teetotalers with regard to alcohol. I know many people enjoy wine with their meals -- and that is entirely their business. But we will never have a problem with alcohol if we take an absolutist position in reference to it. I am not so arrogant as to recommend that others do as we have done, but there would be fewer victims of addiction if they did.

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Well, he's more holy than Jesus, at least in his mind, as Jesus did make wine (and he gave it others, tempting them, per Dobson). If Dobson is more righteous in his own mind than Jesus Christ, they're not coming around for us, no matter how quiet we are.

Here he is on porn:

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As a member of the Attorney General's Commission on Pornography, I listened to testimony by those who thought they could jazz up their sex lives by viewing obscene materials. They discovered that the stuff they were watching quickly seemed tame and even boring. That led them to seek racier, ever more violent depictions. And then they journeyed down the road toward harder and more violent materials. For some, not all, it became an obsession that filled their world with perversion and sickness. They lusted after sex with animals, molestation of children, urinating and defecation, sadomasochism, mutilation of genitals, and incest. And how did it happen? The door was quietly opened to obscenity, and a monster came charging out.

My point is this: The restrictions and commandments of Scripture were designed to protect us from evil. Though it is difficult to believe when we are young, it is true that "the wages of sin is death" (Romans 6:23). If we keep our lives clean and do not permit ourselves to toy with evil, the addictions that have ravaged humanity can never touch us. It's a very old-fashioned idea. I still believe in it.

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Sounds like the fringe? No. Focus on the Family is the leading bastion of social conservatism. They don't reason, and they don't listen to us. They only wish to ban that which they think is sinful (even if it's not in the Bible). The solution isn't to hide and stay quiet. It's to speak loudly and often. They do.