As Sweet Home Alabama ads saturate the state to encourage the legalization of electronic bingo gambling, some Dothan Baptists have decided to fight back.
Wes Morgan, a member of Bethel Baptist Church, Dothan, and owner of M3 Productions Inc., recently worked with Pastor Ricky Plummer to produce a 30-second commercial pointing out the woes of legalized gambling.
The commercial, made to counteract the pro-gambling media campaign of the Sweet Home Alabama Coalition, lists the high statistics of social problems in Nevada, where gambling is legal. It ends with a message to visit ncalg.org, the Web site of the National Coalition Against Legalized Gambling.
“We got permission from them to use that (information),” Plummer said. “We feel that they have some of the best statistics and accurate information out there.”
Morgan donated his time and abilities to the project, and anonymous donors provided enough financial backing to get the commercial started up.
“It’s on YouTube and we plan on putting it on the air locally to start with,” Plummer said of the ad. “We want to put some heat here (in the area) and stir things up.”
More commercials may follow, he said, especially if the issue does make it to a statewide vote of the people in 2010.
To watch the ad and for more anti-gambling resources, visit www.thealabamabaptist.org.
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