Comments on: Letters – Dec. 23 http://homertribune.com/2009/12/letters-dec-23/ Homer, Alaska Wed, 16 May 2012 00:46:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Cissy http://homertribune.com/2009/12/letters-dec-23/comment-page-1/#comment-1065 Cissy Thu, 31 Dec 2009 18:41:12 +0000 http://homertribune.com/?p=6431#comment-1065 I've watched this whole issue play out over the months/years. Opinions and letters and meetings full of passion from every angle, to be sure. A few things seem obvious but maybe thats just my take. #1 Homer - the majority of Homer's citizens- seem not to have a big problem with the Refuge Room or their mission. Most see it for what it is, a very worthy directive. The people in charge are doing all they can to balance the needs of the people they help and the requirements of public safety. Alas, you just can't make everybody happy all the time. #2 - Maybe the people who oppose this so strongly should take a look at their own choices. Do they really belong in a place still so full of the "pioneer spirit", a place where common sense is still valued over regulations and fine points of law? Homer Alaska is not Averagetown, USA and that community spirit will prevail. Maybe a few folks would be happier in one of those "planned communities" that are so popular down South. You know, the ones where they measure your grass to make sure its the proper regulation height and tell you what color to paint your house. Its just a thought. I’ve watched this whole issue play out over the months/years. Opinions and letters and meetings full of passion from every angle, to be sure. A few things seem obvious but maybe thats just my take. #1 Homer – the majority of Homer’s citizens- seem not to have a big problem with the Refuge Room or their mission. Most see it for what it is, a very worthy directive. The people in charge are doing all they can to balance the needs of the people they help and the requirements of public safety. Alas, you just can’t make everybody happy all the time. #2 – Maybe the people who oppose this so strongly should take a look at their own choices. Do they really belong in a place still so full of the “pioneer spirit”, a place where common sense is still valued over regulations and fine points of law? Homer Alaska is not Averagetown, USA and that community spirit will prevail. Maybe a few folks would be happier in one of those “planned communities” that are so popular down South. You know, the ones where they measure your grass to make sure its the proper regulation height and tell you what color to paint your house. Its just a thought.

]]> By: stina http://homertribune.com/2009/12/letters-dec-23/comment-page-1/#comment-970 stina Sun, 27 Dec 2009 22:07:23 +0000 http://homertribune.com/?p=6431#comment-970 "We feel it is our obligation to follow the direction of our Savior Jesus Christ" This woman in Anchorage embodies all that Jesus taught, giving without judgement...check it out in the ADN today "Mother Lawrence leaves the mortgage up to God" "For the protection of our residents, we will maintain a policy of zero tolerance for the use of drugs and/or alcohol on Refuge property" Would Jesus want you to throw someone out into the freezing temperatures, possibly to die, because they do not live up to your rules? Jesus did not judge people for drinking. Jesus' first miracle was to turn water into wine. I don't believe Jesus taught 'tough love'. “We feel it is our obligation to follow the direction of our Savior Jesus Christ”

This woman in Anchorage embodies all that Jesus taught, giving without judgement…check it out in the ADN today “Mother Lawrence leaves the mortgage up to God”

“For the protection of our residents, we will maintain a policy of zero tolerance for the use of drugs and/or alcohol on Refuge property”

Would Jesus want you to throw someone out into the freezing temperatures, possibly to die, because they do not live up to your rules? Jesus did not judge people for drinking. Jesus’ first miracle was to turn water into wine. I don’t believe Jesus taught ‘tough love’.

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