"Electronic slot machines would effectively create seven casinos in Ohio,'' said Bishop Bruce Ough of the United Methodist West Ohio Conference.

Bishop Bruce Ough's letter to the 1250 churches of the West Ohio Conference urging fast action

Free Nova Scotia of  Video Lottery Terminals, Casinos and Gambling Machinces

Toledo Blade report 3/13/2001  "Gambling foes promise to fight video slots as school funding option"

UMC Social Principals "Gambling is a menace to society, deadly to the best interests of moral, social, economic, and spiritual life, and destructive of good government. As an act of faith and concern, Christians should abstain from gambling…"

UMR Report WASHINGTON -- United Methodists made a strong showing against gambling at the first public hearing of the National Gambling Impact Study Commission Aug. 20, 1997 (some broken links)

National Coalition Against Legalized Gambling

Ohio Legislature -- contact lists/addresses

Ohio School Boards Association 

Ohio School Funding State site, letter from Gov. Taft, many links

THE WAGER, gambling's side effects...