The Negative Effects Argument

I love when I hear someone make the argumant that allowing casinos will bring undesireable businesses such as sexually-oriented businesses and pawn shops into Texas. This "Negative Effects" argument is a bunch of bull.As for pawn shops, last I checked, they are already here and they are not illegal.But the arugment that really makes me laugh is the sex shops argument. As if making gambling illegal somehow prevents sexually-oriented businesses from coming to Texas.Here's a startling fact. The U.S. government has released statistics showing that 18,000-20,000 people are trafficked into the U.S. as slaves every year. Most of those are brought in as sex slaves. Most are women and children. Most are between the ages of 11 and 18. They have been found in all 50 of the United States. Wow, bad huh? here's the kicker:20% of them are located in the State of Texas.That's right, we have 10 times our fair share. They are brought here to be conditioned, trained, enslaved..and work as prostitutes, sex slaves and porn models. Making gambling illegal has done a wonderful job of keeping the sexually-oriented businesses out of Texas, huh?It's time to drop the myth that legalized gambling brings about the sex shops. I'm all for fighting against those. Go to HomeofHopeTexas.org if you really want to help in this battle. But this B.S. about gambling being the problem is simply a big lie.Stats taken from: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QU4U3ssZBUg