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Because it is a law which forbids us to do unto others as we would have them do to us, and which makes it a crime to feed the hungry, to clothe the naked, and to visit and succor the sick and the imprisoned.
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Mann condemns the law for preventing acts of compassion and humanity, framing it as a moral crime.
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