{"id":40060,"date":"2013-09-14T21:04:14","date_gmt":"2013-09-14T21:04:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/site\/2017\/2\/1985\/west-_mass-_episcopal_bishop_backs_lawsuit_on_gambling_ballot_question\/"},"modified":"2013-09-14T21:04:14","modified_gmt":"2013-09-14T21:04:14","slug":"west-_mass-_episcopal_bishop_backs_lawsuit_on_gambling_ballot_question","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=40060","title":{"rendered":"West. Mass. Episcopal bishop backs lawsuit on gambling ballot question"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bishop Douglas J. Fisher of the Episcopal Diocese of Western Massachusetts said he backs a civil suit filed this week that challenges state Attorney General Martha Coakley&#8217;s decision to disqualify a ballot initiative that might repeal a 2011 Massachusetts law that allows up to three casinos and a slots parlor in the Bay State.<\/p>\n<p>The group &#8220;Repeal the Casino Deal,&#8221;on Tuesday, sought an injunction in Suffolk Superior Court that would overturn the AG&#8217;s decision.<\/p>\n<p>John Ribeiro, who heads the RCD group, said Massachusetts residents should be allowed to vote on whether casino and slots gaming operations should be allowed in the state.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegram.com\/article\/20130913\/NEWS\/309139817\/1116\">Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bishop Douglas J. Fisher of the Episcopal Diocese of Western Massachusetts said he backs a civil suit filed this week that challenges state Attorney General Martha Coakley&#8217;s decision to disqualify a ballot initiative that might repeal a 2011 Massachusetts law<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=40060\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":794,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,39,40,66,87,151,372],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40060","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anglican-episcopal","category-culture-watch","category-economics-politics","category-episcopal-church-tec","category-gambling","category-politics-in-general","category-tec-bishops"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40060","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=40060"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40060\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=40060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=40060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=40060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}