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Jan 22, 2011, 01:47 AM
 
Feeding the homeless banned in Houston.

I'm sure the homeless there are grateful for their local government looking out for their "safety".

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Jan 22, 2011, 07:56 AM
 
Sadly, that's the Houston City Council for you... Although it's important to note that "feeding the homeless" was not "banned." "Public feedings without health permits" is what was stopped. As one council member put it, "we have one set of rules for public feeding." Which makes sense an is valid. It simply doesn't address the need to get this vulnerable population fed.
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Jan 22, 2011, 09:34 AM
 
Public feeding without health permits?

Jesus didn't have a health permit for public feeding. So "emulate" Jesus, and if they stop you, ram "the first" up their ass.
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Jan 22, 2011, 09:41 AM
 
Amaraca can be so silly.

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Jan 22, 2011, 10:12 PM
 
Originally Posted by Doofy View Post
Jesus didn't have a health permit for public feeding.
Jesus lived in the 1st century. Do you want to drag public health standards back to the 1st century?

Of course you do.
     
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Jan 23, 2011, 02:59 AM
 
Originally Posted by lpkmckenna View Post
Jesus lived in the 1st century. Do you want to drag public health standards back to the 1st century?
Seriously ?

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Jan 23, 2011, 03:24 AM
 
     
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Jan 24, 2011, 01:10 PM
 
not a big deal, the city does this so they can now charge a fee to feed the homeless. thats how government works... make a law, charge for a permit to get past it.
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Jan 24, 2011, 01:18 PM
 
Originally Posted by lpkmckenna View Post
Jesus lived in the 1st century. Do you want to drag public health standards back to the 1st century?

Of course you do.
You also have to consider the origin of the bread and fish that Jesus was multiplying. Was he literally multiplying the existing stock, such that any pathogen found in the original loaves and fishes would be multiplied as well? Or was the food created from some divine origin out of nothingness (and so would conceivably be free of pathogens)?

If Jesus was offering me food I'd probably take it, permit or no permit. I mean, it's Jesus after all.

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Jan 24, 2011, 01:40 PM
 
Originally Posted by ghporter View Post
Sadly, that's the Houston City Council for you... Although it's important to note that "feeding the homeless" was not "banned." "Public feedings without health permits" is what was stopped. As one council member put it, "we have one set of rules for public feeding." Which makes sense an is valid. It simply doesn't address the need to get this vulnerable population fed.
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