They sit on a street corner, shaking the loose change in their battered cups. In tattered clothes, they sit beside their grocery bags filled with their prized possessions. Their soulful eyes reach out, begging for a little extra money to help them out.
Living in D.C. for 10 weeks, I still haven't been able to block out the homeless people that live throughout the city streets. I've been told time and time again not to speak with them, not to help them, not to give them any money.
I see a man everyday on my way to the grocery store. He uses a blue Frisbee as a money cup. I say hello every time I pass, sometimes tossing my spare change into his Frisbee. There are others like him. Everywhere. They lie on benches or nap under umbrellas. They sit in the same place, day after day. Their importance and value cannot be ignored as creatures of God.
The Michael Vick dog fighting case has me wondering something that each and every one of us should be considering: why have we humanized animals?
I do not condone dog fighting in anyway, but when are people going to start fighting the right fight? I can't open a newspaper or visit a website today without seeing groups dedicated to saving the mammals, ending production agriculture, and liberating the animals to a free way of life. The emphasis we place on these animals should be utilized to help our fellow man.
We have homeless people scattering the streets of cities all across America. There are hungry children without parents to feed them across the globe. Genocide and war, disease and poverty...humanity is begging for our attention. When will they get it?
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