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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, if you consider yourself to be a Christian or a member of any faith community, now would be a good time to stop.

Here’s a good litmus test of morality for anyone, regardless of faith. Imagine that you are saying the words you are about to say in front of Pope Leo. Do you still need to say them? Do you need to say them a different way? If you said them, what do you think he’d say back to you?

And I say this as not a Catholic. [/quote]

OP here -

Thankfully I no longer consider myself a Christian because I have been able to break away from years of indoctrination and recognize hypocrisy when I see it. The treatment of people in religious communities (particularly the Catholic one I grew up in) is awful. I don’t think I need to explain much more about that.

Maybe Opus Dei who owns many properties in Tenleytown would be interested in welcoming these individuals to come stay with them.

I actually do pride myself on staying in the city with a family, showing them different cultures, and putting them around people of different faiths, colors, backgrounds, and needs. But no, I do not think I should have to expose them to the things they experienced this week in order to use a public space.

[b]No other library I am aware of has such a prime vestibule for this sort of activity. [/b]
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You pride yourself with staying in the city with your family, showing them different cultures, etc., etc. -- please go on a tour of all the public libraries in DC during the extremely cold weather. I will even give you bonus points for using the metro to do so. That tour of the city will teach your children more than the occasional visit with mom to the Tenleytown Library.[/quote]

+1! OP knows of no other public library that has homeless people?!? I haven't seen a public library in DC that *doesn't* have homeless people in it. [/quote]

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