Dear Editor,

Recently, Prime Minister Perry Christie and members of his government seem to be hinting that they now have the courage to do for themselves what they failed to get Bahamian voters to do for them: Make the wrong decision to legalize web shop gambling. Sadly, their intimated courage to legalize web shop gambling comes after in excess of $1 million of public funds was wasted on an unnecessary referendum that I and countless others urged them not to have. The fact of the matter is that Christie and his government had and still have the legal authority to amend the Lotteries and Gaming Act to allow whomever they wish to engage in the greedy, parasitic practice of gambling. However, having lost the gambling referendum (yes, they lost it), there is an important authority that they now lack: moral authority. It appears that not having the moral authority to legalize web shop gambling does not matter to Christie and his government. However, I find it quite disillusioning that even though, according to the prime minister, he opted to go the route of a non-constitutionally mandated referendum because he wanted to deepen our democracy, he seems to have no difficulty showing us by his actions that he has little regard for democracy when a vote does not go his way. Nevertheless, Scripture calls those of us who are followers of Jesus Christ to pray for Christie and his government, so may the Lord grant us the grace to continue to do so in the midst of our disillusionment about their leadership.

- Pastor Cedric Moss

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