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REBUTTAL STATEMENT OF HYMAN A. PRESSMAN
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MR. PRESSMAN: I would like to commend
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Mr. Gresham and Mr. Mills for being consistent in saying
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thsy were opposed to the pari-mutuel betting as well as
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the lottery which cannot be said in regard to certain
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political people who are opposed to the lottery but
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wouldn't be consistent. They are still for having pari-
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mutuel betting.
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I would like to clarify my statement in
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regard to the issuance of statements by representatives
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of the churches. I have absolutely no objection or
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criticism of any statements made by representatives of
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churches, I think it is completely within their jurisdic-
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tion and their responsibility to issue statements in
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regard to the morality of a lottery or anything
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else. The point I wanted to make was that when they do
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speak, they are not speaking for their congregations.
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In other words, while a leader of a church may speak
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properly in regard to the theological outlook on
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certain subjects -- and he is perfectly within his rights
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in doing this and should do this -- I want to point out
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