It is not reasonable for anyone to suggest that past or present advocacy of a state-sponsored lottery is the moral high ground in Alabama. Christians and non-Christians who soundly defeated last year’s lottery proposal did the right thing and owe no apology or penance for doing so. Wise leaders who think a state-sponsored lottery is good for the state should review Alabama history.
Results of prior experiments with state-sanctioned lotteries in Alabama have demonstrated the corrupting effect of such lotteries on society in general and on state government in particular. Any church who wants to give a portion of its income, no matter how small, to public schools is free to do so. However, such is not required by principles of morality or good citizenship.
Daniel R. Farnell Sr.
Hoover, Ala.
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