So much for feeding the hungry

My church in Ann Arbor, the Ann Arbor Vineyard, has a ministry to the homeless in Ann Arbor, and provides warm meals, blankets, and other necessities to them. It's a great ministry, and rather than requiring the homeless to come to the church, the church goes to them.

It's a good thing my church isn't in Orlando. The city of Orlando depises homeless people enough that not only does it try to criminalize being homeless, it is now criminalizing attempts to help feed the homeless. According to this article, the city of Orlando requires individuals wishing to feed more than 25 homeless people in a city park to obtain a "Large Group Feeding Permit", and the city will only grant two permits per year per applicant. The city is obviously hoping that without a meal source, the homeless will move somewhere else. Church ministries that bring food to the homeless are being harrassed by Orlando police.

I'm just waiting for Orlando to reprint the Bible, to say, "Feed the hungry, except in Orlando".