Anti-Gambling Rally in Montgomery, February 23, 2010 Fourteen members of Deerfoot Baptist Church attended the rally on Tuesday to represent our congregation, community and the Lord in a public denouncement of legalized gambling in Alabama. We arrived early and found our place near the podium and patiently waited for the crowd to gather and for the rally to begin. To my amazement the pro-gambling crowd showed up in full force for our rally. The pro-legalized gambling rally was scheduled to start at 2:00 pm. However, this group decided to "crash" our rally. The pro-gamblers displayed a conduct and attitude that further confirmed in my mind why I am so opposed to legalized gambling. They showed no respect for Governor Riley or any of the other speakers. They crowded the podium and shouted down our speakers. (Keep in mind this is not even their rally! Their rally was scheduled to start at 2pm.) The rudeness, disrespect and obvious lack of understanding that church is about Christ, the Bible and exalting God...not a place to play bingo all confirmed to me that I do not want this kind of people wielding power and influence in our state. They showed no regard for the law at the rally...and I am sure this is how they live their lives day by day. I go to church AND play bingo. These words were actually on signs held by some of the pro-gambling people. I suggest they replace bingo with a Bible and go to church to worship the true and living God rather than to play bingo. My prayer is that our state legislators will have the spiritual backbone to say no to the gambling crowd. RDW