People can be Mean
The Orlando gay night spot Pulse saw the worst massacre in US history inundated Orlando Regional Medical Center with 44 victims of having high velocity gunshot wounds ... a lot of the victims struck multiple times and the people of the area — and the nation — are still reeling from the tragedy.
Parents were shocked by final communications from children about to be murdered via cell telephony. The impending doom obvious in the SMS messages transmitted. Others with wounds so devastating as to be life threatening and a killer who went down cool and calm in a gunfight with the police after phoning 911 to pledge his allegiance to ISIS.
This home grown terrorist, one Omar Mateen inflicted the worst mass shooting ever in the united States. The incident is being investigated as an act of domestic terrorism.
 Pulse Nightclub Orlando |
 Omar Mateen |
Now then, the gays are a particular kind of target for the likes of ISIS/ISIL given the scriptural references to abomination. HOWEVER, in the United States we leave that judgement to God and defer our objections to Him.
For example, I am not a proponet of the gay lifestyle but would just as soon keep my gay friends and cohorts safe and well EVEN though I disapprove of their sexual proclivities BECAUSE it's simply none of my business and I have too much else with which to contend to even care.
I suppose young Mr Mateen missed that "Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness" unalienable rights which the Declaration of Independence imparted to the citizens of this nation.
You don't have to approve of any aspect of anothers existence to treat them with respect and dignity.
All joking aside (and I DO joke about homosexuality), I will always avail myself to others in this manner. One of the best friends I ever had was gay in Colorado and I would have done anything to see him one more time before he passed away. You don't get many friends in life; let alone many good friends such as the one I lost when I was 40.
The Orlando Victims |
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| Edward Sotomayor Jr., 34 years old Stanley Almodovar III, 23 years old Luis Omar Ocasio-Capo, 20 years old Juan Ramon Guerrero, 22 years old Eric Ivan Ortiz-Rivera, 36 years old Peter O. Gonzalez-Cruz, 22 years old Luis S. Vielma, 22 years old Kimberly Morris, 37 years old Eddie Jamoldroy Justice, 30 years old Darryl Roman Burt II, 29 years old Deonka Deidra Drayton, 32 years old Alejandro Barrios Martinez, 21 years old Anthony Luis Laureanodisla, 25 years old Jean Carlos Mendez Perez, 35 years old Franky Jimmy Dejesus Velazquez, 50 years old Amanda Alvear, 25 years old Martin Benitez Torres, 33 years old Luis Daniel Wilson-Leon, 37 years old Mercedez Marisol Flores, 26 years old Xavier Emmanuel Serrano Rosado, 35 years old Gilberto Ramon Silva Menendez, 25 years old Simon Adrian Carrillo Fernandez, 31 years old Oscar A Aracena-Montero, 26 years old Enrique L. Rios, Jr., 25 years old Miguel Angel Honorato, 30 years old |
Javier Jorge-Reyes, 40 years old Joel Rayon Paniagua, 32 years old Jason Benjamin Josaphat, 19 years old Cory James Connell, 21 years old Juan P. Rivera Velazquez, 37 years old Luis Daniel Conde, 39 years old Shane Evan Tomlinson, 33 years old Juan Chevez-Martinez, 25 years old Jerald Arthur Wright, 31 years old Leroy Valentin Fernandez, 25 years old Tevin Eugene Crosby, 25 years old Jonathan Antonio Camuy Vega, 24 years old Jean C. Nives Rodriguez, 27 years old Rodolfo Ayala-Ayala, 33 years old Brenda Lee Marquez McCool, 49 years old Yilmary Rodriguez Solivan, 24 years old Christopher Andrew Leinonen, 32 years old Angel L. Candelario-Padro, 28 years old Frank Hernandez, 27 years old Paul Terrell Henry, 41 years old Antonio Davon Brown, 29 years old Christopher Joseph Sanfeliz, 24 years old Akyra Monet Murray, 18 years old Geraldo A. Ortiz-Jimenez, 25 years old |
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Rest in Peace |
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