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The Golden Rule 4

Those who have the gold make the rules.

A San Francisco Catholic church has reportedly installed a “watering system” that discourages homeless people by drenching them as they sleep.

KCBS reported that the “no trespassing” signs outside the primary church for Archdiocese of San Francisco, Saint Mary’s Cathedral, did not mention what would happen to the homeless who tried to sleep under the cover of the building’s doorway.

Words fail me.

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4 comments

  1. George Smith

    March 18, 2015 at 2:46 pm

    Pah. The homeless are used to getting rained on. Plus, it was argued, showers are a benefit and act of mercy; they can use the cleansing property.

     
  2. Frank

    March 18, 2015 at 3:08 pm

    Wonder whether they are being ministered to with holy water?

     
  3. George Smith

    March 18, 2015 at 4:09 pm

    Maybe not since it actually takes a little time, even if only scintilla of moments, and effort to do that. Time is money. Plus, you have to install a cistern, not just run a pipe or a hose to a sprinkler head.

     
  4. Frank

    March 18, 2015 at 10:54 pm

    Is the well of holy water is referred to as a “cistern”? am not Catholic, though I attended Catholic churches for almost 20 years when I was married to an Italian Catholic.

    What I found most intriguing in the story was the criticism for using water in this manner during the drought that will end the Cali experiment.

    Keeping the riff-raff, the poor, and the down-trodden from sullying Jesus’s front door is clearly more important than satisfying the thirsty or feeding the hungry, is it not?

    Snark aside, the only problem with Christianity is Christians.