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Don't Feed the Poor People

07/28/06 · 8:51 am :: posted by Opinionator     

And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother's keeper? - Genesis 4:9

lucagiordanothegoodsama_01How about this in the land of the free and the  home of the brave?

Las Vegas has passed a city ordinance making it illegal to feed homeless people in the parks of the city. Apparently complaints have arisen that this is going on, so the city council simply passed an ordinance. They say it is targeted at organized, not casual efforts. It may be the first law in the country that forbids feeding the poor.

They said they had spent a lot of money landscaping the parks and that families were getting afraid to go there. What will happen if you slip a munchkin to a drunk guy trying to sleep on a bench? Will you be deported? Let’s hear it for Christian values and law and order.

Read about it in today’s New York Times, FoxNews. or in the Bible's "The Parable of the Good Samaritan".

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07/28/06 @ 1:52 pm
capemom [Member] writes:
Is it a Christian value to enable a person with an addiction to continue to drink, drug, or gamble? That's what giving them free food does--it enables them.
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07/28/06 @ 1:57 pm
Opinionator [Member] writes:
It strikes me as kind of a stretch to use that arguement to avoid giving. Some believe it is a greater good to unconditionally give wiuthout evaluating.
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07/28/06 @ 11:14 pm
capecodtalk.com [Member] writes:
The spirit of the law coincides with my values, but the law sucks on this one.
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07/29/06 @ 7:13 am
skabrewer [Member] writes:
Wow what is this world coming to. I agree opinionator.Unconditional giving without evaluating.
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07/30/06 @ 9:02 am
Monponsett [Member] writes:
They should give the homeless $20 markers.

I can honestly say that Nevada would be about the second to last place I'd want to be homeless, with "Hell" running slightly ahead.
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