My heart is very heavy today with the news of the massacre in Orlando. At 2 a.m. in the gay bar Pulse a gunman killed fifty people and injured even more than that. It was an act of hatred and bigotry and is classified as a terrorist attack. The gunman, Omar Mateen, was a 29 year old man who was said to be an anti-gay extremist. According to reputable news sites he has been killed.The death toll makes this the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history.
I wanted to write this blog post for more than one reason. Reason one being to urge people to go donate to the GoFundMe page to help with this tragedy. My second reason is to urge anyone with a voice, big or small, to spread love in the face of blatant hatred and promote peace despite this chaos. The world is a scary, terrible place but we can fight to make sure that nothing like this ever happens again. I pray for all of the people and families affected by this terrible act of hatred. I can't understand what you must be going through but just know that there are people out there who care about you and are thinking of and praying for you.
GoFundMe page: https://www.gofundme.com/PulseVictimsFund
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