A multi-denominational group of pastors recently kicked off a campaign against the Catawba Indian Nation’s proposed 220,000 square foot casino resort on Interstate 85 in Kings Mountain, North Carolina. The group delivered a petition to the Kings Mountain city council, signed by 75 local ministers, asking council members to take their names off a letter to U.S. Department of Interior in support of the tribe’s development.
Rev. Mark Creech, executive director of the Christian Action League, said, “All of the money in the world that would result in bringing a casino to this area is not worth this community selling its soul to have it.” He said the pastors “believe that an initiative to bring a Catawba Indian casino here is an immoral thing to do.”
The group has the support of state lawmakers, who have recommended that the Interior Department reject the tribe’s land-trust application, which has been pending for several months.
Catawba officials said the casino resort would bring $349 million dollars into the area each year and create more than 4,000 jobs.
