If someone were to dress up as Jesus and reenact the loaves and the fishes miracle to feed the homeless, the police intervention would probably go viral.

  •  whou   ( @whou@lemmy.ml ) 
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    25 months ago

    I always have to remind myself that in the U.S. feeding people that live with hunger might be controversial, some-fucking-how.

    If you think the phrase “feed the homeless” is even close to controversial, you seriously need to evaluate your own life and sense of empathy. That is absolutely the dystopia every writer was afraid about.

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    Volunteers with a group that has been feeding Houston’s unhoused population since 1994 are facing a potential $80,000 in fines after a crackdown by local police.

    A petition to rescind the law was signed by more than 75,000 people and submitted to the Houston city council in 2015.

    In October 2022, 78-year-old Norma Thornton filed a lawsuit seeking an injunction to an anti-food-sharing ordinance in Bullhead City, Arizona, after she was arrested for feeding the homeless.

    The Houston mayor’s office claimed the changes were due to security concerns and that alternative feeding locations had been provided.

    “We’re going to retake the downtown central library to make it more wholesome and inviting to families and to kids,” Mayor Sylvester Turner said, according to the Houston Chronicle.

    Dore said the ongoing threat of citations during the dangerous heatwaves that have hit Texas add a layer of cruelty toward the homeless.


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