Can’t have a referendum. That was tried with video poker and our Supreme Court shut it down as an unconstitutional delegation of legislative power. See Joytime Distributors and Amusement Co., Inc. v. State, 338 S.C. 634, 528 S.E.2d 647 (1999).
Funny, but true story. The Christian Protestant Denominations fought the SC Lottery with all they had. Notice I did not say the SC Education Lottery as that specific name was not in the original legislation. The morning after the Lottery received approval for the process to move forward, the leaders of the Christian Protestant opponents of the Lottery were contacting legislative leaders to argue that their Christian Colleges should receive the same “tainted” monies as the secular schools. Principles can only take one so far when money is involved.
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Can’t have a referendum. That was tried with video poker and our Supreme Court shut it down as an unconstitutional delegation of legislative power. See Joytime Distributors and Amusement Co., Inc. v. State, 338 S.C. 634, 528 S.E.2d 647 (1999).
Funny, but true story. The Christian Protestant Denominations fought the SC Lottery with all they had. Notice I did not say the SC Education Lottery as that specific name was not in the original legislation. The morning after the Lottery received approval for the process to move forward, the leaders of the Christian Protestant opponents of the Lottery were contacting legislative leaders to argue that their Christian Colleges should receive the same “tainted” monies as the secular schools. Principles can only take one so far when money is involved.