{"id":1399,"date":"2009-11-30T14:59:52","date_gmt":"2009-11-30T14:59:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=1399"},"modified":"2009-11-30T14:59:52","modified_gmt":"2009-11-30T14:59:52","slug":"ho_ho_humbug","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=1399","title":{"rendered":"Ho Ho Humbug"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ed Morrissey at Hot Air<\/a> reports today on a zoning board decision in Phoenix, Arizona, that makes food kitchens at churches illegal at Thanksgiving.  There will be a hearing on the matter on December 14th which will determine whether or not food kitchens will be legal on Christmas.  <\/p>\n

The article points out:<\/p>\n

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“I’m not unsympathetic to the security issues of having homeless people wandering through residential neighborhoods looking for a meal.  I lived in Phoenix for a couple of years, and it’s not an insubstantial issue.  However, the proper way to stop that is to have the police enforce the law, not decide that a free meal service to the poor amounts to a restaurant.”<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

One of the reasons we have such an out-of-control government is that the churches somehow got out of the business of charity.  The churches are the organizations best able to handle the job of providing a ‘safety net’ in our society.  Generally, they know the people they are helping and are in a position to know if anyone is ‘gaming’ the system.  When the ‘safety net’ was turned over to the federal government, we lost the personal touch and ‘gaming the system’ became a way of life.  Personal accountability was somehow removed from the picture.<\/p>\n

Hopefully this original decision will be overturned, and the local churches can get back to the business of feeding the hungry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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