THOSE PEOPLE

Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008 | Uncategorized

Washington DC’s Episcopal pointy-hat John Chane is all for feeding the hungry and sheltering the homeless, mind you.  As long as it’s not…as long as that element doesn’t get to…well, you know:

Bishop John B. Chane of Washington has joined with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and Americans United for Separation of Church and State in filing a federal lawsuit that challenges the District of Columbia’s plan to provide a grant to a homeless shelter.
 
The plaintiffs claim that the Central Union Mission requires homeless persons seeking to use their services to participate in Christian religious activity, including mandatory attendance at nightly church services. The mission, they say, only employs Christians and also requires volunteers to declare their church affiliation. The plaintiffs contend that grant of cash and property in exchange for a less valuable piece of property will result in an unconstitutional $12 million preferential treatment of one religion.
 
David O. Treadwell, executive director of Central Union Mission, said the proposed mission grant is a legitimate faith-based initiative and that its policy is to provide meals and shelter without consideration of religion or participation or the participation in religious activities.
 
“It is a travesty that this lawsuit will merely impede the supply of urgently needed food, shelter and medical services to our friends and neighbors who desperately need it,” Mr. Tradwell said. “This suit not only has the potential of delaying these services, but also increasing the cost with unnecessary litigation.”
 
And if you seriously think that John’s only interest here is constitutional principles then not to put too fine a point on it but you are too stupid to be permitted to vote or live unsupervised.
 
At its current location, the Central Union Mission has provided worship space for St. Brendan’s in the City, a mission congregation planted by The Falls Church in Falls Church, Va., to hold weekly Sunday evening services. Jim Oakes, vice chairman for the Anglican District of Virginia in the Convocation of Anglicans in North America—the local judicatory to which the Falls Church and St. Brendan’s belong—said he thought the lawsuit was a hoax when he heard about it.
 
Start spinning, Jim.
 
I guess you could house all those homeless people you want to kick out into the DC streets at the NatCat, John.  Should pass constitutional muster since that old barn hasn’t been used for Christian purposes for decades.  You’d have to clean the place out the next time your Iranian friends drop by but you should be able to swing it.
 
Hypocritical asshat.

3 Comments to THOSE PEOPLE

Tom (St. Louis)
September 23, 2008

“I guess you could house all those homeless people you want to kick out into the DC streets at the NatCat, John. ”

I’ve been to the NatCat twice, the last time was a year ago. I was surprised at how dead it seemed. Much of the place was more like a museum than a functioning church. The chapels looked like they were for show. There is plenty of room there to shelter the homeless. The same is probably true of St. John the Divine in NYC.

gppp
September 23, 2008

Now Johnnie’s (no Christians here on my watch, you betcha) involvement makes more sense.

WannabeAnglican
September 23, 2008

Is there anything evil that man does not support? Anything?

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