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No offense to other demoninations, but this is a cool thing from a Catholic Priest

For years, in many states at least, Roman Catholic churches have raised money for their parishes or diocese by having Bingo games.  Not in Tennessee where I went through RCIA and Confirmation, but in many states.

Well, this from South Carolina, as found on St. Louis Post Dispatch’s website:

http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/the-wire/2009/12/22/sc-priest-wins-100000-for-church-in-poker-game/

This feeds in to the speech that I gave in college (Fall 2001) about legalizing gambling.  I did get the opinions of two priests and a bishop to back me up.  They all said, in moderation as entertainment, there is no harm.

Well, in this case, the priest intended to donate his winnings.  So yeah, it was more than entertainment.  And he did NOT use funds from his parish or diocese to fund his play.

So, sorry to the more judgemental denominations out there, but this is cool.