The shooting at the Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, Florida http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/12/us/orlando-nightclub-shooting/ that resulted in 49 victims dead, 53 injured, and the perpetrator killed, is described as a hate crime and terrorism, or both. It was aimed at the LGBTQ community, and carried out by an American born man who was reportedly radicalized on the Internet. His parents have a apologized. Much of the country has rallied to indicate some kind of support. I did not find out about vigils in Lubbock until after they were over with, when I heard about them on the late Lubbock news.
Our leaders reacted variously. http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/12/politics/orlando-shooting-obama-political-reaction/ Hate and racism just feeds the kind of behavior that was exhibited by the perpetrator today. The more we accept hate and racism, the more we damage our country. We are better than that!
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Sunday, June 12, 2016
Friday, June 19, 2015
I Choose Peace June 19, 2015
This is what I posted on my Facebook tonight. This is from the speech that Martin Luther King, Jr. gave after the murder of 4 black girls at a church in Birmingham, Alabama, September 15, 1963 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_Street_Baptist_Church_bombing.
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I am moved to tears to see the faith and hope of the members of Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, SC, the families of the victims, and the people of this country who have joined in prayer and support. I have no new words to share, but share I must. It is my hope that by adding my voice, I am counted as one who has the courage to say love, and hope and faith shall be our way, and we will conquer hate. I choose peace.
And, this is what President Obama quoted in his speech http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2015/06/18/full-text-obamas-remarks-on-fatal-shooting-in-charleston-s-c/ about the shooting in Charleston, SC.
Dr. King's words are timeless. It is so sad we have to revert back to them, so many times.
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I am moved to tears to see the faith and hope of the members of Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, SC, the families of the victims, and the people of this country who have joined in prayer and support. I have no new words to share, but share I must. It is my hope that by adding my voice, I am counted as one who has the courage to say love, and hope and faith shall be our way, and we will conquer hate. I choose peace.
And, this is what President Obama quoted in his speech http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2015/06/18/full-text-obamas-remarks-on-fatal-shooting-in-charleston-s-c/ about the shooting in Charleston, SC.
Dr. King's words are timeless. It is so sad we have to revert back to them, so many times.
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