Well, this holiday weekend was a blessed one. Hobo's List participated in "Occu-Pie for Peace", an action designed to challenge the Amarillo city ordinance that forbids public feeding of groups without a permit.
We believe the law to be unjust and unConstitutional, as it infringes on our free exercise of religion. We are asking that the Amarillo ordinance be no less restrictive than the Texas state ordinance, which allows exemption for nonprofit organizations.
We were not sure what to expect when we set up in front of City Hall Saturday. It was a reasonably pleasant day, and se set up with shepherd's pie, beans, and cornbread. We also had water.
Joseph Hayes, Rusty Tomlinson and I set up on Saturday. Joseph's wife did the cooking, and a couple of the holdovers from the Occupy Amarillo encampment did the laborious job of peeling a mountain of potatoes. We had asked local grocers to contribute to the cause, and were pleased that United Food Stores offered a $100 gift card to help out.
Saturday was pretty uneventful. We did get local news coverage from channels 7 and 10. Joseph spoke to channel 10 and I spoke with channel 7.
The channel 7 news story can be found here: Occupy Amarillo speaks, acts out against Public Health Article I: Despite the lack of a permit, Occupy Amarillo served prepared food to the homeless on Christmas Eve.
The Channel 10 video is below:
I left about 3 PM Saturday for other engagements, but we served abut 12 people.
In Part 2, I will cover Sunday's feeding.
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