The Foxborough area’s religious leaders have banded together to oppose a casino in town.
Twenty leaders from churches in Foxborough, Norfolk and Walpole have signed a letter to selectmen expressing their opposition to the $1 billion resort casino proposed for land near Gillette Stadium and praising the board’s September anti-gambling vote.
New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft and Las Vegas casino and hotel developer Steve Wynn have proposed the casino they say will provide jobs and revenue.
The Rev. Bill Dudley, pastor of Union Church in Foxborough, tells The Sun Chronicle local religious leaders are nearly unanimous in their opposition to a casino based on the potential social costs.
Dudley said he recently counseled a woman whose husband gambled away their house and bank accounts at a Connecticut casino. (AP)





