This entry is after the fact but I was busy that week. Here it goes:
The president should've spent more time focusing on terrorist attacks against Americans and how ISIS emboldens any pissed off lone wolf to go on a shooting rampage. I don't believe it was an act to silence the gay community. They were an easy target that week because it was Pride Week, after all. The shooter knew there was going to be big crowds in his neck of the woods. In addition, if the shooter really wanted to make a point against homosexuality it would've been easy to find a bigger venue. He targeted the Pulse nightclub because he was specifically looking for Latino gays.
The country also seemed to be under a gay spell the following weeks. Government buildings lit up in rainbow colors. That was overkill and pushing the gay agenda. First of all, sure, it was tragic and everybody should sympathize for the families of the victims. However, promoting gays should not have been on the menu. It's not like these victims were doing anything charitable or just lying in their beds at the time of their deaths. C'mon, they were at a nightclub committing all sorts of deviant behavior and we memorialized their deaths the way we would a saint. They weren't five-years-old sitting in a classroom, or churchgoers praying in a chapel, or even students just walking to and from class.
All the big stars came out and spoke on their behalf. It was like the nation's zoo had lost their only unicorns.
Sure, it was sad but I'm not going to memorialize them. In the meantime, there are gays who are praying in church, who are trying to find a cure for cancer, and who are doing something with their lives to better their communities. There are gays being ordered out of their homes and thrown off rooftops or stoned to death.
Apparently, dying at a nightclub while trying to get your freak on is something to be knighted.
