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Churches pay for billboards to oppose Virginia casino

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BRISTOL, Va. -- A coalition of churches is paying for billboards with messages designed to influence voters to reject a $400 million casino proposed to be built at a vacant mall in Virginia.

Messages written in bold black letters are splashed across bright yellow billboards in Bristol, urging opposition to the proposed Hard Rock Hotel and Casino resort project.

One of the billboards reads: “What would Jesus do? He would definitely vote no on the casino referendum."

On Nov. 3, Bristol voters will decide through a referendum whether the city will allow the casino to be built on the site of the vacant Bristol Mall.

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