Posted: April 15, 2014
"For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink."
These words from the Gospel of Matthew are painted on the side of the truck that pastor Rick Wood uses to distribute hot dogs and bottled water to homeless people in Birmingham, Alabama.
But now the local police are trying to block him from handing out food, citing a new food truck law that requires a $500 permit. Wood says Birmingham is attempting to push the poor out of sight, out of mind, and out of town.
Unlikely many right-wing claims, cracking down on Christian ministries to the poor and vulnerable is a genuine threat to religious freedom, and the mayor of Birmingham needs to hear immediately that forcing this pastor to pay for the right to feed the hungry is unacceptable.
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