In Las Vegas, bringing food to the park and handing it out to the
homeless is punishable by six months in jail and a $1,000 fine.

In Dallas, only approved churches, charities and individuals can
serve
the homeless only in approved locations. If not approved, you so
much
as offer a biscuit to a hungry person, you are subject to fines up
to
$2,000.


Now in Redding if you are one of the more than 2,000 homeless men,
women, and children in Shasta County caught by a small campfire
trying
to keep warm within Redding's city limits, you can receive up to six
months in jail, and a $1,000 fine.


Many more Cities are doing the same.......


God, from one end of the Bible to the other, expresses his desire
for
us to care, uphold and provide for the poor. Is it God's will that
poverty should be a crime? Is it not written, "He who oppresses the
poor, reproaches His Maker?" Didn't Jesus say, "Assuredly, I say to
you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these my
brethren,
you did it to me?"


Mental illness does not respond to increased fines and jail time.
Home-
lessness does not respond to tearing down their temporary shelters,
throwing away their possessions, and driving them out of town. A
lack
of hope does not respond to a lack of love.


We must constructively address the plight of the homeless, and its
multifaceted causes,
before its to late.......


http://reddingloavesandfishes.com/