"you better start questioning the Salvation Army as well."
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On Sep 10, 2008, at 8:54 AM, evosap wrote:
> Sharon,
>
> Please ask for PROOF of the "evangelizing". I never got the
> impression that they demand some sort of conversion. If I am such a
> mess that I end up in a shelter like that, being told that the Jesus
> version of a path to god is the best is not going to hurt me too much.
>
> AA, NA etc use "higher power". its all ultimately the same.
>
> If you are going to dismiss them due to their belief in service in the
> name of Jesus, you better start questioning the Salvation Army as
> well.
>
> I think I have seen less people wandering as well. Though I was never
> disturbed by them. There were people wandering in AP BEFORE the
> shelter opened which would mean the shelter didn't bring them here. i
> am more concerned about that population.
>
> I agree that the shelter may not have handled it ideally. I did a
> brief amount of research and spoke with a professor who has written
> about the NIMBY response. Ideally, orgs attempting to do this type of
> work should have lots of communication with the communities they wish
> to serve prior to opening up.
>
> that doesn't excuse the reactionary and irrational response sufa
> displayed.
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