Ban on food for the homeless tossed!

Who was the heartless beast who thought it would be a good idea to pass an ordinance against providing food for the homeless? There's a special place in hell for whoever wrote this law.

The city of Orlando, Florida, passed such a fascist ordinance in 2006. It was out of sheer meanness. Some organizations secretly defied the law: Even some restaurants passed out food to the homeless through the eateries' back doors.

But now a federal court has tossed out this ordinance! It's no small irony that being allowed to legally feed those who needed it the most required a court ruling.

It's unclear how the city will react. Arresting the homeless just for being homeless had been going on in Orlando for years before the ordinance. I know it's going to take even stronger action to halt these illegal arrests, but at least the new ruling is a start.

(Source: http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/09/27/america/Homeless-Feeding-Ban.php)