{"id":50758,"date":"2014-02-18T00:48:51","date_gmt":"2014-02-18T07:48:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/?p=50758"},"modified":"2014-12-29T16:56:47","modified_gmt":"2014-12-29T23:56:47","slug":"its-not-enough-that-the-poor-are-punished-with-homelessness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/2014\/02\/its-not-enough-that-the-poor-are-punished-with-homelessness.html","title":{"rendered":"It’s not enough that the poor are punished with homelessness"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

The state makes sure that they are also punished with hypothermia and, if all goes well, death.<\/p>\n

Florida Ordinance Makes It Illegal For Homeless To Use Blankets<\/a><\/p>\n

Reader Michele Arnold remarks: <\/p>\n

The city claims that this applies equally to all who are covered with blankets in public, and not just to the homeless. Let\u2019s see how fast the jails fill up with concert-goers, stadium attendees, and babies in carriages, shall we?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cIn its majestic equality, the law forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, beg in the streets and steal loaves of bread.\u201d \u2013 Anatole France<\/p>\n

Do the people who make such laws not fear God?<\/p>\n

If ever you take your neighbor\u2019s garment in pledge, you shall restore it to him before the sun goes down; for that is his only covering, it is his mantle for his body; in what else shall he sleep? And if he cries to me, I will hear, for I am compassionate. (Exodus 22:26-27)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

New Atheists wonder why we should pay any attention to the thinking of a savage brutal people from a backward civilization. I sometimes wonder exactly that about the civilization in which the New Atheists live.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The state makes sure that they are also punished with hypothermia and, if all goes well, death. Florida Ordinance Makes It Illegal For Homeless To Use Blankets Reader Michele Arnold remarks: The city claims that this applies equally to all who are covered with blankets in public, and not just to the homeless. Let\u2019s see […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":92,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[260],"class_list":["post-50758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-blessed-are-the-poor"],"yoast_head":"\nIt's not enough that the poor are punished with homelessness<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The state makes sure that they are also punished with hypothermia and, if all goes well, death. 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