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The Catechism of the Catholic Church does not address whether gambling violates the First Commandment against idolatry (gamblers worship uncertainty and fall prey to superstition).<ref>http://www.vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/p3s2c1a1.htm</ref> The Catholic Church has stated that gambling becomes morally unacceptable when they deprive someone of what is necessary to provide for his needs and those of others. The passion for gambling then risks becoming an enslavement.<ref>[http://www.vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/p3s2c2a7.htm Catechism of the Catholic Church, paragraph 2413]</ref>  The early church excommunicated people for gambling, and theologians today generally consider gambling to be morally licit under certain conditions.<ref>http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06375b.htm</ref>  (It should be noted, though, that [[New Orleans]], located in heavily-Catholic south Louisiana, reached a naming rights agreement with Caesar's Sportsbook to rename the New Orleans Saints home stadium "Caesar's Superdome".)

The Catechism of the Catholic Church does not address whether gambling violates the First Commandment against idolatry (gamblers worship uncertainty and fall prey to superstition).<ref>http://www.vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/p3s2c1a1.htm</ref> The Catholic Church has stated that gambling becomes morally unacceptable when they deprive someone of what is necessary to provide for his needs and those of others. The passion for gambling then risks becoming an enslavement.<ref>[http://www.vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/p3s2c2a7.htm Catechism of the Catholic Church, paragraph 2413]</ref>  The early church excommunicated people for gambling, and theologians today generally consider gambling to be morally licit under certain conditions.<ref>http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06375b.htm</ref>  (It should be noted, though, that [[New Orleans]], located in heavily-Catholic south Louisiana, reached a naming rights agreement with Caesar's Sportsbook to rename the New Orleans Saints home stadium "Caesar's Superdome".)

Among Protestants, fundamentalists are the most stringent opponents of gambling, believing it to be wrong in all cases.  Evangelicals and Pentecostals/charismatics have generally opposed it as well, though not as stringently as fundamentalists.  Mainline Protestants—consistent with their generally liberal theology—generally have only provided token opposition.

Among Protestants, fundamentalists are the most stringent opponents of gambling, believing it to be wrong in all cases.  Evangelicals and Pentecostals/charismatics have generally opposed it as well, though not as stringently as fundamentalists.  Mainline Protestants—consistent with their generally liberal theology—generally have only provided opposition from a secular standpoint (such as quoting studies showing its ill effects on society).

== Exclusion of Tim Tebow ==

== Exclusion of Tim Tebow ==