Religious Leaders Unite Against Buffalo Casino As reported by the Buffalo News: "A coalition of Western New York religious leaders, including Bishop Edward U. Kmiec of the Catholic Diocese of Buffalo, reiterated staunch opposition to a proposed casino in Buffalo and maintained that there is still time to block the casino.
"A dozen members of the Network of Religious Communities, the area's largest interfaith group, condemned the casino proposal during a press conference Wednesday in the network offices on Delaware Avenue. "Among them was Kmiec, who first voiced his disapproval of a casino in July in a strongly worded letter to Mayor Anthony M. Masiello. "Kmiec again pointed to cities that already have casinos in arguing that a gambling facility here would only serve to make the area's poor people even poorer. "…More than 30 clergy and religious organizations signed a resolution calling on Masiello to reverse his support for the casino and the Seneca Nation of Indians to drop their plans. "Representatives from the Hindu community, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Muslim Public Affairs Council, Unitarian Universalist Church of Buffalo, Presbytery of Western New York, United Methodist Church and Council of Orthodox Christian Churches of the Niagara Frontier also voiced concerns…"
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