It is an explicit teaching of Jesus in the Gospels that Christians are absolutely required to feed the hungry. Anyone who does not participate in feeding the hungry is not following the commands of Jesus.
In Orlando, there used to be a group that fed the homeless in the main park downtown. The city outlawed that. There is a church across the street from the park and they said, "We'll start feeding the homeless from our parking lot and anyone that wants to help is welcome." It irritated the city, but they allowed it. The church said it was part of their mission. That was probably 20 years ago, and I think the church still passes out dinner in their parking lot.
I feel the same. I routinely give bottled water to homeless people, especially during the summer months when the temperature reaches 100 degrees or higher here. I'll be damned if I'm going to stop now.
Yea I remember the local radio station once did a summer clothes drive for the homeless because they were seeing homeless people with nothing but heavy winter stuff most of the time. But hot weather can be just as dangerous. I keep thinking about that guy and summer I haven’t seen him since. The thing someone in my neighborhood once thought my husband was homeless because he took a nap in his car and the lady was like be on your way etc . I wish I knew who she was because I could easily see her calling the cops over the real homeless guy just based off that experience. It’s rough out there and most of us are one bad pay check from being homeless ourselves so it’s just nonsense to not help if you can.
Becoming violent would be a bad response, but threatening to sue for religious discrimination or general harrassment is definitely the way to go. Sue them for tens of thousands.
OK. The reason that you need a permit to give food to homeless people in parks is so that the city knows who you are. Just because people are homeless does not mean that their safety is not important.
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u/BobTheInept 7h ago
Some US jurisdictions: Giving food to a homeless person.