[DaveMSmith]

complete with raggy / smelly clothes and completely filthy dirty as if he'd been on the street for weeks

It would seem that to some here, that is the issue - they do not want to see that. Judging a book by it's cover.

Great post

[SpirituTuo]

That is following an assumption made by the author. The author assumes a motive, which is to shoo away the homeless. The Church gives a different motive.

Generally speaking, one shouldn’t assume motives when a contrary position is reasonable.