Church sues city of Brookings for trying to limit how often it can feed the homeless

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St. Timothy’s is suing the city over an ordinance restricting churches from offering meals more than two days a week.

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I ask the same question do people in city government only eat twice a week? If the residents have a problem with the homeless there they should pressure the city to enforce other ordinances against drugs, noise, etc. Sounds like the church was there and doing this before most of those residents were born. What changed? Lax enforcement of the law? Cutting services for mental illness? Cutting community services? There has to be a better solution to the problem than forcing a church to cut back meals.

eagleready
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Jesus talked a lot about feeding the hungry and clothing the naked. He didn't talk a lot about hating gays or banning books.

charlesm
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Move the church to a non-residential area! Not fair to the homeowners!

moniqueguzman
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The church is a restaurant because it feeds people? What an absurd claim to make. I'm sure everyone could work together to come up with some solutions that work.

Trumblocity
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When I used to live in Brookings I went to that soup kitchen quite a few times. It's rediculous they are being treated like this even though there are allot of other soup kitchens doing the exact same thing.

HimynameisJermHicks
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Typical "not in my backyard" mentality. If the great government of Oregon cannot solve the problems of the State and the cities and counties cannot solve it, I guess someone has to help. Maybe they "feel" better if they don't see the problem. Isn't the Democrat way all about how they "feel"?

victorsmith-zl
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Feed them as much as you want and as soon as the city tries to shut you down then you can file a suit based on separation of church and state!! Many years ago this was also done in a southern town and the southern town was taken over Administration by the state for 12 years until they finally got their heads out of their butts and decided they can't do anything against the church in America!!

hawkeyemontgomery
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Maybe the poor people should consider catching the City commissioners or city leaders who are telling them they can only eat so many days a week and kill and eat them! LOL LOL or at least break into their homes and take their food! Wouldn't that be funny?! LMFAO

hawkeyemontgomery
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The city can't be serious right? I mean right? The fuck is wrong with them?

phobos
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Brookings in 30 minutes/26 miles from the most dangerous prison in the country, Pilican Bay. Prisoners families and associates tend to cluster near prisons of their incarcerated. The people of Brookings have every right to be concerned and the church should be held liable for the people they are inviting into the community.

beckyparker
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I feel for the neighbors who are inundated by drug users and other less savory folks, who go to get the free stuff from the church, and help themselves to the property of people unfortunate enough to live in that area. What a shame the church doesn't care about the people whose taxes enable them to do their freebie stuff. I guess families and taxpayers aren't God's children, as far as the Episcopal church is concerned.

katylake
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I agree with the community. I really disagree with the church. They are enabling these people to not seek appropriate help. What they are doing is encouraging their road to destruction. Even Christ did not do this, shame on them!!! Give a man a fish he eats for a day, Teach a man to fish he eats for a life time. I pray the church loses the lawsuit.

eagle-beyond
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Street homeless live very simple and modest life. They don't need much, so they don't ask for much. It's minimalist type of life. They simply find a camping spot, and that becomes their new home. They prefer to be left alone as they are, and the only thing they really want is to be as close as possible to their fentanyl dealers. 99% of street homeless are fentanyl addicts. Large majority of them will simply die from fentanyl overdose, or drugs related violence. Very sad.

sarbantz
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The neighbors have a valid point re drug abuse, loitering, and increased crime. Maybe if the church focused on those hungry souls real issue and not just their stomachs... and built a healthier relationship with the tax paying neighbors next door to them

jeans
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While I won’t argue that it doesn’t do good for some, the church does this for the attention it brings. It would be quite easy for the church to feed people with out causing a ruckus if they wanted to. All they have to do is open a restaurant and then offer a menu with zero dollar items in a location intended for that purpose. Their members would likely foot any additional costs associated with making a move like that. This is noise.

jimk