Georgia homeless shelter bans gay people, cites the Bible as justification (dollar, money)
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it's a private shelter run by a religious organization so if you are homeless and seek refuge in their quarters you need to abide by thier rules! Otherwise a highway underpass might suffice.
And it seems that you are unwilling or unable to read the main article:
"News 3 offered Harris the opportunity to explain himself on-camera, but he declined. Instead, he reiterated his position over the phone, explaining why the facility cannot shelter people who practice a gay lifestyle off the premises."
No matter what his position, this is what happened.
WRBL-TV reports that House of Mercy director Bobby Harris kicked out two women earlier this month for breaking curfew and smoking a cigarette, claiming that one of the women broke curfew to have a rendezvous with the other.
This is why it's important to have a social safety net that is run by the government. Relying on private charities - as many conservatives suggest we do - leads to problems such as this:
They should lose any and all government assistance and any tax breaks they get. I love it when people quote the Bible but miss the teachings of Jesus entirely.
Casper
This is why it's important to have a social safety net that is run by the government. Relying on private charities - as many conservatives suggest we do - leads to problems such as this:
Wow nice work, you hit essentially every buzzword on the approved liberal rant sheet.
This is private property! PRIVATE, not YOUR property! They have the RIGHT to deny service to ANYONE. If the gays don't like it they can find another homeless shelter. They don't have a right to stay at that shelter.
Then they shouldn't be getting government funding, should they?
"That act is not tolerated here at all," Harris said January 13. "Let me tell you one of the reasons why, because of the bible of course, and then we have little children that we won't have tolerate that kind of act here."
Exactly! That is why he didn't want to comment.
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