S.C. pastors say lottery won’t improve education
COLUMBIA, S.C. (BP)–Saying they did not intend to lift up or put down any political candidates, a group of approximately 200 South Carolina pastors — including many Southern Baptist pastors — held a news conference at the state capitol in Columbia Oct. 22 to arouse the public against gambling’s “false promises” with the Nov. 3 […]
S.C. lawmaker says votes at hand to beat video poker
COLUMBIA, S.C. (BP)–The votes to win the battle to ban video poker gambling are at hand in South Carolina, according to the president pro tem of the state Senate. Sen. John Drummond, a member of First Baptist Church in Ninety-Six and a longtime opponent of the gaming industry, said, in fact, “there is more support […]
