A homeless shelter wrote an amicus brief in the Grant’s Pass case.
They argued SCOTUS should let the city arrest the homeless because, and I am not shitting you, the ban on doing so meant less people were willing to abide by their “two church services a day and no sex” requirement to sleep inside.
Gorsuch literally wrote, in almost those exact same words, "In its majestic equality, the law forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, beg in the streets and steal loaves of bread."
The Grant’s Pass Rescue Mission: “Pardon me, as the only shelter in this town we have a vested interest in allowing the government to threaten these people with arrest if they don’t want to join our church.”
Here’s a link to the Amicus brief the Grant’s Pass Gospel Rescue Mission filed. Yes, it is literally just “The cops should be able to force homeless people to choose between our program or charges.”
www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/23...
For an organization claiming to be Christian, they sure do lack any idea of the gospel of Jesus Christ. They remind me of that GOP Jesus video by Friend Dog Studios. They would probably watch it and not get that its making fun of them.
(No joke, I maneuvered the local Mission's former Exec. Director into stating outright that he didn't think Jesus was GOOD ENOUGH. GOD I wish some board members had been present to witness THAT.)
17Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
Yep, and that was the whole purpose behind the sacrifice on the cross, to fulfill the old law (because humanity's imperfect sacrifices weren't enough) & establish a New Covenant between man & God.
(I had this stuff ramrodded into my skull for almost two years, I can recite it almost by heart now.)
The problem with that is that it's mostly from Paul, not the gospels.
But then I think it's all bullshit and have never been forced into it, so I have the enviable position to play around with it.
