Cities and parks across the country setting up ordinances that essentially criminalize poverty and those trying to help them. Another feature of the War on the Poor series - a great article from Sojourners highlighting the criminalization of the homeless and the hungry. Psalm 72 below speaks of why the King of a
A lot is being said about what critical domestic issues the debaters did not engage in last night while they argued tax policy - education, unions, gay marriage, women's rights, immigration - but the topic they did not address that affects the most of people struggling is poverty. The very poor, the homeless, the working
This is a great blog that paints the clear picture of this unethical, immoral position - what more can we say than to ask the question of those who would talk of stealing more from the poor to give to the rich "What are your VALUES?" Here's what the Bible has to say about it:
It is very sad that it takes this kind of study to give a convincing argument of why the poor should receive healthcare. We would like to think that compassion and concern for humanity would provide enough argument on its own - just the fact that these are human beings - but as long as