I disagree with this ruling, but something that really, really pissed me off is this paragraph: "The town had no homeless shelter, aside from one run by a religious organization that required, among other rules, attendance at Christian services." Am I the only one that thinks it's wrong to require someone to attend a church to receive services from that church? I go to church and we will try to help anyone we can wit…
I don't like it either. But in a marginally better world, there would be several different places to find food and shelter. If a Christian who is homeless goes to shelter at that church, then that may make sense for them and they may find it a comfort, whereas anyone else is free to go somewhere else. I really don't think society should push the responsibility of caring for the homeless on churches for exactly the re…
Re: Supreme Court Upholds Ban on Sleeping Outdoors in Homelessness Case
#31If that church doesn't lack the values of helping the downtrodden, they appear to lack the spine to advocate for or defend them. How Christian of them.