No religious help for the homeless of Orlando

Recently the city of Orlando passed an ordinance prohibiting religious groups and charities to help feed the homeless in Orlando. Religious Clause blog writes about it here.

I don't know if the issue really was that the Orlando city council wanted to do something to reduce the homeless people in high tourist areas of downtown Orlando, or if religious groups were the target.

It is interesting in light of our support of practice of religion, that the government has the ability to squash their efforts in this manner.

Legally, how was this ordinance passed, in light of a seemingly majority population of highly active religious conservatives that permeate our local community?

Or perhaps it was that there was complicity from the religious groups?

I think that the local community will find a way to help the homeless, but it will most likely be away from the downtown area.