Texas Republican Quotes Bible To Justify Taking Food Stamps Away From Poor People Who Can’t Work

Here’s a shocker: A Texas Republican used the Bible to justify doing something that would hurt thousands of people. We’re used to that when it comes to women who need reproductive health care, but it’s been a while since someone cited the Bible to go after people on food stamps.

Earlier this week, during a House Agriculture Committee hearing about the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), which helps low income people purchase food, Rep. Jodey Arrington (R-TX) cited 2 Thessalonians 3:10 as reason to cut benefits to people who need them. That verse says, as Arrington put it, “If a man will not work, he shall not eat.”...
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