Last year alone, 53 U.S. communities -- and counting -- issued bans against handing out free food, Michael Stoops, director of community organizing at the National Coalition for the Homeless (NCH), told HuffPost. The organization is slated to release an extensive report on the topic later this month. The restrictions have impeded organized groups and individuals alike. For six years, Pastor Rick Wood of Oneonta, Alabama, for example, would hand out water and hot dogs to homeless people every other Saturday. The diligent do-gooder was told in April that he could only continue his bi-monthly service if he obtained a $500 permit, ThinkProgress reported. huffingtonpost/2014/08/04/anti-homelessness-laws-us_n_5647956.html?ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000063 This is horrible and sickening to know that there are laws that prohibit people from doing good for the homeless and putting the homeless deeper into poverty. Something needs to be done this is unacceptable!
Posted on: Wed, 06 Aug 2014 00:49:48 +0000
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