Where do I even start?

There’s a leader of a church in Palm Beach who is trying very hard to help the less fortunate members of his community. He offers them a safer place to sleep than in some alley or park.
The problem is that now they are in defiance of a county order and have been fined a thousand dollars a day for helping the homeless.

Buckle up, here we go:

Westgate's leader, Bishop Avis Hill, said he put up the 40-by-60 feet tent because the number of homeless people who have turned to the church for shelter has grown too large. In the few weeks since the tent was put up, as many as 55 men have been sleeping in the tent, he said. Women of all ages and men over 55 sleep inside the church buildings.
Let’s see… people are turning to the church because they know they can get help even if just for a night of safety to sleep. A church. That would be a privately funded organization on private property… which is opposite of state or federal funded programs through which our taxes are funneled to support social programs…like helping the homeless. Wait, wha?

Follow along:

Hill said he understands the county's position that the church is not zoned for a large tent where people can sleep. He offered to move the tent to any land the county will provide for Westgate to provide food and shelter for the homeless.
So the Bishop even offered to move everything to a new locale that would possibly be provided by …who was that? Oh yeah, the people funneling our taxes through social programs to help the homeless. See where I’m going with this?
I guess it’s creating some sort of a problem but let’s hear what Terry Verner, director of Palm Beach County Code Enforcement has to say. Then maybe it’ll make some sense:
“We are looking to enforce the codes and make sure what facilities are being provided are safe. And in our opinion, allowing people to sleep in a tent in this fashion is not a safe thing to do."
OH!! Because sleeping in a tent provided by a church in the community is WAY more dangerous than sleeping in some dumpster behind a bar or something! I completely understand now! Not! Meanwhile, while this church is trying to reach out in compassion as the county is simultaneously trying to legislate it, the church is several thousand dollars in debt and getting deeper every day.

Bishop Hill says,"Our contention is we are not a business but a church and under the constitution, we have certain rights to worship the Lord under the dictates of our heart," he said. "The purpose of the church is to help people who are hurting."
And therein lies the point of reason: “Under the Constitution, we have certain rights…” As a refresher, those would be property rights, freedom to assemble, & freedom of religion.
Currently Palm Beach is prohibiting the free exercise of religion which is unconstitutional at best and uncompassionate to the people in its own community at worst.
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