What WOULD Jesus do? I mean REALLY?
The Castro has always had its share of homeless young people panhandling on the sidewalks. But recently their numbers have jumped because the Haight Ashbury got fed up and kicked THEIR "gutter punks" out, and they migrated to the Castro.
I was raised a Christian (yes, Mormons are 100% Christian), and Jesus was quite consistent and clear about how he thought the wealthy should treat beggars. In all the accounts of his life, kindness to beggars seemed to be what he spent most of his time talking about. And while I'm not a Mormon or a member of any religion, I still believe that there was a dirty, socialist, hippie who lived in Israel about 2000 years ago, and he really did think the rich needed to stop being assholes and start caring about those in need. And that matters to me, because
