Clergy, academics, and other advocates urged support on Wednesday for ballot questions that would repeal the state casino law and provide many workers with paid sick time, asserting that the measures would protect the state’s most vulnerable residents.
The Rev. Luther Zeigler, Harvard’s Episcopal chaplain, sounded arguments frequently voiced by casino critics, insisting that the industry preys on the poor and fosters crippling gambling addictions while selling the “false hope” of job creation and an economic boost.
“Please do not believe these promises,” he said.
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