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And that’s basically it!
So when corrupt preachers rake in tens to hundreds of millions it's tax-exempt because it's not a business, but when a pastor actually cares for the needy like their book says to, that's a crime because it IS a business?
Fuck that worst of both worlds nonsense! 🤬
I work in a religious nonprofit that hosts a bunch of community service orgs including two churches, a teen volunteerism org, a food ministry that distributed 10 mil pounds of food thru the pandemic, a music nonprofit, an acting/drama nonprofit and more. We've been getting our ass ridden so hard by local zoning and fire stuff. About to drop $20k plus on a compliant oven hood for a simple oven like you have in you kitchen. I took a cut in pay last year because of this bullshit.
I just fucking hate this shit, Life is fucking hard. Why go out of your way to make it harder. The D.A. is going to argue some B.S. about how the zoning laws are there to protect people. Fire hazard shit. Ignoring the fact that the pastor was putting people at a very small risk to protect them from a very large risk.
That DA needs to be locked outside for a night or two, for his safety.
zoning has never been about helping people
I'm from Houston Texas. A lack of zoning laws can also threaten my life.
That also happens in cities with strict zoning.
If this article was about Joel Osteen and his ilk, "charged for offering shelter" would mean something else in the headline.
So he’s the opposite of Joel Osteen? Sounds good to me.
Zoning laws are bad
Bad zoning laws are bad. And these laws are really bad (forcibly separating 'business' and residential are makes no sense to me) , but completely deregulating that (like allowing residential building directly adjacent to a dangerous chemical plant or in a flood zone) would be as bad.
God that website though... eventually scrolled to a point it threw two interactive ads back to back, filling the screen, preventing me from scrolling. And all the ads were the same, like I saw it already, GOT IT, leave it alone
Hopefully freedom of religion does something helpful, as the Bible says 40,000 times to home the homeless and feed the hungry.
Sounds to me like the pastor got that message. Nobody in the city's government cares about that, but he got it.
Good on the pastor for doing what he did. Anyone who speaks out about it, or endorses the charges laid against him should be ashamed. Honestly, you're going to condemn someone to die because of what? Because they're poor? Homeless? Does that mean we should treat them like they're not worthy of life?
Fuck you and the horse you rode in on. (Not you OP, I'm sure you're cool)
This title is horribly ambiguous. I thought the pastor was charging money to let people shelter in the church. Instead he was being a good human and allowing people to shelter in the church for free and was charged by the city.
...I thought someone was pressing charges lol
I thought the church was in Wisconsin and didn't get where Ohio came in. The church and pastor are in Ohio, but the author is making a connection to the recent hypothermia deaths in Milwaukee.
Wow, didn't even see that and took two readings to even grok the problem. Crazy how steep the cognitive tax is for bringing in that unnoticed perspective; it felt like my brain tripped over it. No pun intended, although I am pretty high...
Odds that the DA who decided to charge the pastor is a shitheel republiQan: 99.999%.
Let’s check the board . . .
Interesting: the DA is a Democrat who said he will not seek re-election two weeks ago: https://www.tmj4.com/news/local-news/milwaukee-county-district-attorney-john-chisholm-will-not-seek-reelection
I wonder if an ADA is looking to pick up some filthy campaign lucre by prosecuting homeless-helpers.
That's the Milwaukee DA. The story leads with Milwaukee but the Ohio pastor being cited was actually in Ohio, specifically Williams County. The DA there is, in fact, a Republican. Though not necessarily a "RepubliQan" as stated.
Why would a Milwaukee county DA be enforcing zoning laws in Bryan, Ohio?
Another reason not to visit
This is a non-sequiter, given that Milwaukee is nearly 300 miles and three states away from Ohio. It's like, 'eat your vegetables, people are starving in China.'
It's a Milwaukee based newspaper. They're trying to tie something happening in their city into the story, pretty standard for local journalism.
this isn't just murican. this is super murican. Inception! Incursion!