When Ronnie said “Government is not the solution…government is the problem”, he was right on the money. From the Big Apple:
City officials have ordered 22 New York churches to stop providing beds to homeless people.
With temperatures well below freezing early Saturday, the churches must obey a city rule requiring faith-based shelters to be open at least five days a week — or not at all.
Arnold Cohen, president of the Partnership for the Homeless, a nonprofit that serves as a link with the city, said he had to tell the churches they no longer qualify.
He said hundreds of people now won’t have a place to sleep. …
Well, thank God goodness we won’t have those churches providing shelter for the homeless! I mean, when a group of Christians wants to look out for their fellow man in freezing cold temperatures, that kind of compassion cannot go uncontested!
Exit question: Since NYC is run by liberals, can we safely assume that (a) liberals are hostile to God; (b) liberals don’t really care about the homeless; and (c) liberals are incapable of common sense?
Totally insane and completely unsurprising. All hail the superior mind of the liberal.
Comment by janeqrepublican — November 24, 2008 @ 3:46 pm
NYC is only tolerant of churches that provide sanctuary for ILLEGALS.
Comment by Kanaka Girl — November 24, 2008 @ 6:22 pm
Seems like the ACLU and Barry Lynn should be howling about separation of church and state, yes? I mean, the government is telling a church how to conduct its affairs. Oh, wait, they don’t care about that.
Maybe the churches should just claim they are conducting a 24-hour prayer vigil on cold nights – if homeless people fall asleep in the pews, that’s their business.
Comment by PabloD — November 24, 2008 @ 11:21 pm
Hmmm, I wonder if this includes the Quaker Meeting House at Rutherford Place. They used to provide a shelter on Friday and Saturday nights, because there aren’t any Friends Seminary classes over the weekend…
Comment by Henry — November 28, 2008 @ 4:18 pm
I asked too soon; The Friends Shelter is now open 7 days a week.
Comment by Henry — November 28, 2008 @ 4:22 pm