SANTA ANA (5/8/08) - Members of a group threatened with citations if they continue feeding the homeless in a picnic area at Doheny State Beach in Dana Point will file a lawsuit today, claiming their constitutional religious and speech rights are being abridged.

The lawsuit will be filed in U.S. District Court in Santa Ana by lawyers for the Orange County office of the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California, said the ACLU's Tessie Borden.

Members of Welcome INN -- Interfaith Needs Network -- served meals at the state facility two days in a row in February. On the third day, they were approached by park rangers who said they were engaging in an unlawful assembly, Borden said.
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Is this happening in your area ?

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yea...thats great but..I think its also the homeless peoples fault that well...they're homeless..They had a chance to make something out of themselves and ruined it.

Not always. Mental illness plays a crucial role in many cases, especially as sometimes it can be hard to keep a job when the illness is more severe and cannot always be fully managed by meds. Also, some people really are just down on the luck. Right now, we're going through a recession and a ton of people are either being foreclosed on or are declaring bankruptcy because, when they bought their house, they had a successful job and suddenly, it's gone and they have no house and, at times, no place to go.

Third, some people lose their houses through natural disaster, and when you lose all your collateral and possessions due to floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, fire, etc, you can be suddenly out of a home with no place to go for a few days to a few months or more.

There are a lot of reasons why people are homeless and a lot of it is basically because life happens. Unexpected illnesses, lay-offs, deaths, disasters, etc can and will crop up and suddenly, you have no money and no place to go.

People need to realize that you cannot stereotype the homeless by such biased views. I seriously don't see what the problem is with feeding people who need food. As long as it doesn't cause any dangerous disruptions, it should not matter what people do with their food.

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Originally posted by GrapevineFires:
isnt that great..some people are trying to help out the less fortunate. someone is trying to give back to the communtiy, do something right and now the government is getting angry. this just isnt right..

yea...thats great but..I think its also the homeless peoples fault that well...they're homeless..They had a chance to make something out of themselves and ruined it.
But I do agree with what you said, its good that people are trying to help the less fortunate.

isnt that great..some people are trying to help out the less fortunate. someone is trying to give back to the communtiy, do something right and now the government is getting angry. this just isnt right..