I agree XZins, and you know I might be wrong here too.
This is my opinion, but it’s just one of many.
I do believe that in this day and age of rampant illegal immigration, that communities have some vested interest in trying to avoid attracting large numbers of indigents and or homeless people. (These may mean the same thing, but I view indigents to be more like vagabonds, a population in motion.)
Doughty, I’m very concerned about the government trying desperately to redefine ‘free exercise’ as ‘free worship’. We must be willing to have someone handing out gospel tracts on sidewalks, preaching in a park, singing in a mall, trying to talk to us as we walk, knocking on our doors, and starting soup lines, clothing drives, and counseling centers.
Your freeper page says you are a strong Trinitarian believer in Jesus Christ. That’s good. We’re blessed to be able to put our Christian positions up front here on Free Republic.
That should be the norm for living.
And, truly, as Marlowe pointed out, if every church were feeding the poor in their own area, then there would be no problem.
My bottom line: no religion police. Ever.