I dunno. It seems pretty clear that charged in this case means the government sicced the dogs on him for being a… checks notes… good Christian.

criminally charged him for violating zoning rules

Well fuck'em.

If its criminal to do the right thing for your fellow humans, do crime.

So by this logic church patrons would have to leave the premises to eat a snack, participate in a church meal, or even eat one of those wafers they sometimes hand out.

Yet another evil created by zoning laws.

he building is restricted from allowing people to eat or sleep on the property.

Okay... so any business in the 'business district' is restricted from allowing people to eat or sleep on their property.

If I was a lawyer, I'd record people eating in their business district buildings and present that to the court right next to the law that says they're not allowed to do it.

I would fight tooth and nail to ensure whatever judicial overreach is screwing over poor people also screws over rich ones.

If it's a business, why don't they pay taxes?

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Just to add, if you're selected for jury duty you should stop taking about it the day you receive the summons. Nobody needs to know what you think about nullification during that time and being in favor of it will get you removed from a bunch of courthouses. It's the jury version of saying "bomb" in an airport.

So just make sure you know your local laws about unanimous decision vs majority decision. In the first, you can just be the stick in the mud. Question everything. In the second you actually have to convince 4 other people to vote with you.

I'm not sure that those regulations are there for a good reason. I'm sure that those regulations are there because somebody wanted them and this is not an unintended consequence of them.

In fact I'm almost certain that the abusive anti-human use of this law is something dreamed up when the law was first penned to paper.

They're violations of feeding/housing people in a business. There is not a good reason for them. Unless you consider protecting the prices of the housing market to be a good reason.

Don't lose heart - it's not all this way.

But yeah, we can't hold out faith in it any longer either :-(.

Fwiw, did you notice the silver lining? Pastor willing to go to jail (or whatever, I haven't read the details that closely yet, but let's presume - anyway it's likely true) rather than give up on his beliefs. He will die on this hill, so that they do not have to:-D. Yeah, fuck the system that made him do it, but still it's quite inspiring that people like him exist that will fight against it:-).

While this is true, religion goes a long way in priming people to believe in total BS without questioning it or using critical thinking.

Pastor is in Ohio.Hears reports of people dying in Milwaukee. Pastor offers shelter to people in Ohio. Pastor is charged.

The newspaper is the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. They're contextualizing it for local readers.