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The New Mexico Coalition Against Gambling has been in existence since
1986, when a group of people from several churches who were worried about lottery
legislation began to organize to oppose gambling expansion in New Mexico. The New Mexico
Conference of Churches, the United Methodist Church, the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints (Mormons), The Evangelical Lutherans in America, and the Southern Baptist Convention became the principle
supporters, but there have been over 400 churches, businesses, labor unions, and public
interest groups that have signed on to the coalition ads and have helped lobby the
legislature. The Coalition has been active in lobbying the legislature, has been involved
in fighting gambling bills on the ballot, has taken several gambling acts to state and
federal court, and was involved in a referendum to throw out the gambling
enabling legislation. We have been undiscriminating in fighting any gambling expansion: We have
fought the Indian Casinos, the lottery, slots at the race-tracks, fraternal and veteran's
organizations.
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