Illegal Hunger?

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This report from News.Mic:

Thirty-three cities now ban or are considering banning giving food to homeless people — and some are threatening to throw people in jail in they’re caught feeding the hungry.

These laws claim they’re about preventing government-run anti-homelessness programs from being diluted. They’re really about keeping non-profits and individuals from shining a light on just how bad things have gotten for our country’s poor, even as the homeless are treated like criminals for being without food and shelter.

Charity work like sharing food with the homeless is essential in a country where protecting the poor and needy is never at the top of the list, and is found to help those without shelter get back on their feet.

“Cities think by cutting off the food source, it will make the homeless go away,” NCH community organizing director Michael Stoops said. “It doesn’t.”

 

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One thought on “Illegal Hunger?”

  1. Clearly, we have too many laws. Now, to outlaw panhandling, we seek to fine or imprison those handing out food to the homeless on the street? Jesus would have a hard time with this one.

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