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    Default 08-09-2009, 10:50 PM
    kpete (1000+ posts) Sun Aug-09-09 09:42 PM
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    “They arrested a homeless man in a shelter for being homeless.”
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    Is It Now a Crime to Be Poor?

    By BARBARA EHRENREICH
    Published: August 8, 2009

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    ... It turned out that Mr. Szekely, who is an ordained minister and does not drink, do drugs or curse in front of ladies, did indeed have a warrant — for not appearing in court to face a charge of “criminal trespassing” (for sleeping on a sidewalk in a Washington suburb). So he was dragged out of the shelter and put in jail. “Can you imagine?” asked Eric Sheptock, the homeless advocate (himself a shelter resident) who introduced me to Mr. Szekely. “They arrested a homeless man in a shelter for being homeless.”

    The viciousness of the official animus toward the indigent can be breathtaking. A few years ago, a group called Food Not Bombs started handing out free vegan food to hungry people in public parks around the nation. A number of cities, led by Las Vegas, passed ordinances forbidding the sharing of food with the indigent in public places, and several members of the group were arrested. A federal judge just overturned the anti-sharing law in Orlando, Fla., but the city is appealing. And now Middletown, Conn., is cracking down on food sharing.

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    Can't these people READ?

    He broke law(1)
    Didn't show for court(2)

    What else is in this guy's past? I love the spin they are trying to put on this because he's ordained...
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    Default 08-09-2009, 10:53 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by Apache View Post
    Can't these people READ?

    He broke law(1)
    Didn't show for court(2)

    What else is in this guy's past? I love the spin they are trying to put on this because he's ordained...
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    Default 08-09-2009, 10:57 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by stsinner View Post
    .. It's like black magic!!

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    RACIST? :eek:





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    Default 08-09-2009, 11:25 PM
    A few years ago, a group called Food Not Bombs started handing out free vegan food to hungry people in public parks around the nation.
    Any one passing out vegan food should be arrested and charged with assult and with being a jackass in public.
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    Default 08-09-2009, 11:52 PM
    They must be torn. An ordained minister got hauled to jail...they want to celebrate, but he's homeless, so they need to throw a fit.
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    Default 08-10-2009, 12:40 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by enslaved1 View Post
    They must be torn. An ordained minister got hauled to jail...they want to celebrate, but he's homeless, so they need to throw a fit.
    notice that they did not specify which religious group that he is ordained to . . . . could be church of the flying spaghetti monster for all we know . . . .
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    Default 08-10-2009, 09:52 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by PoliCon View Post
    notice that they did not specify which religious group that he is ordained to . . . . could be church of the flying spaghetti monster for all we know . . . .
    Do you mean the actual Church of the First Born Flying Spaghetti monster or one of the later breakaway maccaroni groups?
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    Default 08-10-2009, 09:55 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by Rockntractor View Post
    Do you mean the actual Church of the First Born Flying Spaghetti monster or one of the later breakaway maccaroni groups?
    exactly
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