The fight over feeding the homeless in downtown Orlando will take to a Federal appeals court on Tuesday.

An Olando city ordinance bans feeding groups of 25 of more within a two mile radius of city hall. The area includes the park at Lake Eola, where groups have prepared mass meals in protest of the ordinance for years.

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The ACLU of Virginia has filed a Freedom of Information Act Request with the Virginia Department of Transportation seeking information about the destruction of an encampment of homeless men along an interstate highway.

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People using signs to solicit handouts don't need to worry about being cited by Salt Lake City police anymore. The city has settled a federal lawsuit by agreeing it will not issue tickets to people holding signs asking for money or employment.

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AP reported on October 29, 2008, that a federal judge in Ohio has ruled that counties must allow homeless voters to list park benches and other locations that aren't buildings as their addresses.

October 06, 2008
On September 26, 2008 a federal district court judge found that an Orlando law restricting sharing food in public parks violated the rights of two groups who share food with homeless individuals.  The court ruled that Orlando law violated plaintiffs' rights to free speech and to exercise one's religious beliefs under the First Amendment.  Orlando Food Not Bombs and First Vagabonds Church, represented by the ACLU, …