As the new spiritual head of the Episcopal Diocese of Western Massachusetts, Bishop Douglas J. Fisher pledged to immerse himself in the fight for social justice causes that affect the needy.
Bishop Fisher, who was ordained a prelate in December, said he eagerly wanted to rally his flock to advocate for issues such as real immigration reform, gun control, and food, health and other programs geared to help the less fortunate.
However, he didn’t think that he’d be spending a chunk of his time, during his fledgling episcopate, battling developers interested in building gambling complexes around his diocese.
No, gambling in general, and in particular the lottery, it is a tax on people who are really, really bad at arithmetic.
. . . and it may be that there is a high correlation between people who are bad at arithmetic and those who are poor. So, the bishop is kind of right, but for the wrong reasons.