With compassion and dignity

I think we need to maintain civility in all relationships. In doing so we uphold civility in the world. It is important to treat everyone, whether we agree with them or not with dignity and civility, if it be at all possible.
We as a society need to treat the homeless population with compassion and dignity. It is a stain on us as a country when we have people living out on the streets. Its not shame on "them", it's shame on "us", those of us with the means, the voice, the power, and the will to help out those less fortunate, not by hiding them. We need to provide acreage, places for the homeless to live, and feel safe in. If we care so much about animals, and want to provide habitats, for them, how much more should we provide adequate housing for those created in God's image? How much more should they be treated with the respect that God intended?
It is a sin, to have people ignored, and to be treated as if they do not exist. It's a sin, when the churches of the world, certainly of this country do not unite and help those whom Jesus loved.
No one should be out in the cold not even fit for dogs to be out in. When our hearts are as hard as they have become, what is to stop us from living out our vices, and trumpeting our most grievous of sins to the entire world?
Life is important to God, and it should be to us also. Life is only worth living when we can bring other people to the level of a dignity they deserve. Let us lift up the homeless, today.