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You cannot make it illegal to be homeless. What a stupid law.
You cannot make it illegal to be homeless. What a stupid law.
Sure we can, and we can make it illegal for Austrailians to ride Kangaroos too.
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Civil libertarians say the plan that City Council adopted unanimously last week violates their protections of equal treatment under the law and their freedom of assembly.
Perhaps the most controversial feature of the plan involves increasing police patrols in a 36-block business district and at the riverfront shelter to direct the homeless there for help. If they refuse, they could be arrested under a range of public nuisance laws that include loitering, public intoxication, public urination, aggressive panhandling or trespassing.
I was concerned that it is criminalizing homelessness, said Sue Berkowitz of the Appleseed center. People could be targeted and made a suspect class because theyre walking down the street.
Susan Dunn, the legal director for the states Charleston-based ACLU chapter, shares the same concerns.
Police are not supposed to coerce people into behavior, Dunn said. The whole nexus of the relationship between law enforcement and the citizen is that ... they have to have reasonable suspicion of a crime.
The underlying design is that they want the homeless not to be visible in downtown Columbia, Dunn said. You can shuttle them somewhere or you can go to jail. Thats, in fact, an abuse of power.
Columbia homelessness plan draws heated criticism, threat of lawsuits | Local News | The State
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The irony of this, of course, is that many are homeless as a consequence of conservative fiscal policies and budget cuts aimed at mental health treatment as well as education and training programs.
That's why poverty and homelessness has skyrocketed under Obama. Damn conservatives.
Do what Columbia, SC has done. Ban them. It is now illegal to be homeless in Columbia, SC. If I were homeless in Columbia, I'd make sure they arrested me and jailed me on a regular basis. Free food and a free pad. Who could ask for more?
South Carolina City Bans Homeless People - AOL On
I think we should pass a law that all the homeless advocates have to take one homeless person into their homes.
Homeless people choose to be homeless, babies don't choose to be aborted.
NO child chooses abortion.Homeless people choose to be homeless, babies don't choose to be aborted.
Some people choose to be homeless, but other people don't. Its not always a choice.
95% of the homeless in my town are homeless because they choose to stay drunk on their asses every possible minute rather than doing anything constructive with their lives.
And I actually understand this because I am an alcoholic and went through a phase of my life where my next drink was more important than just about anything else. I guess I was lucky in that I didn't have to end up laying in my own puke out on the streets in order to "hit bottom" and turn my life around.
