Life? Liberty? The pursuit of happiness?

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
January 22, 2018 10:14am CST
So where I live in order to feed the homeless you need to get a permit per day you feed no exceptions, even if you do it on your own property. My religion says for me to feed the hungry and help those in need. My constitution says I have the freedom of religion. So why aren't these laws that keep me from practicing my religion considered unconstitutional? God gives us 3 natural rights: life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. This violates all of them. How can the hungry live without food? How can I be restrained by horrible laws that keep me from doing something righteous but say I live with liberty? How can the homeless pursue happiness if they are too hungry to stay alive? How can I pursue my happiness when I can't practice my religion freely?
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The Fly One
@aureliah (24316)
• Kenya
22 Jan 18
Its quite sad that there are no exceptions.
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The Fly One
@aureliah (24316)
• Kenya
26 Jan 18
@QJohnsen there is nothing wrong with that it’s just that some people don’t get it.
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Amanda R Andrade
@QJohnsen (34)
• Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
23 Jan 18
Yeah like I'm too poor to pay for a permit.... Why can't I see work it off somehow? What's so wrong with wanting to help people?
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PLETHOS
@Plethos (13581)
• United States
22 Jan 18
its a stupid and worthless form of legislation. im sure they thought that by requiring a permit, no one would but, therefore no one would dare break the law by feeding the homeless, so then the homeless would just leave and go elsewhere. do the shelters and organizations that feed the homeless , do they need a permit of sorts?
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Amanda R Andrade
@QJohnsen (34)
• Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
22 Jan 18
They made churches join cops and clergy in order to feed the homeless but most won't go eat their because basically clergy needs to tell cops of any wrong doing.
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Four Walls
@FourWalls (67553)
• United States
22 Jan 18
Apparently they see an opportunity to make money by selling the permits. Jerks. I saw an episode of Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern on the Travel Channel, set in San Francisco, that showed a group of people who did "dumpster diving" at restaurants to recover the food they throw out on a daily basis. Zimmern said it was 100% illegal, but the police tended to look the other way so the homeless could be helped.
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Amanda R Andrade
@QJohnsen (34)
• Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
22 Jan 18
Well in California I know a pastor who has been arrested three or four times for feeding the homeless. Some stores give place out here their food when it's about to spoil but only senior citizen receive it.
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