Episcopal Church committee supports Passamaquoddy racino, sovereignty
October 22, 2007
Gale Courey Toensing
Indian Country Today

BANGOR, Maine - The Episcopal Committee on Indian Relations has come out in support of the Passamaquoddy Tribe's racino proposal, calling moral objections against the tribe's efforts ''highly hypocritical and specious given the current prevalence of gambling within Maine.''

The Indian Relations committee, a group working within the Episcopal Diocese of Maine, voted unanimously Oct. 8 to issue a statement supporting the Passamaquoddy Tribe's ''Yes on 1'' campaign, a grass-roots effort to approve its racino in a statewide referendum Nov. 6. the rest