ZitatChristian conservatives are responsible for the mass shooting at a gay bar in Orlando because they "created this anti-queer climate," according to American Civil Liberties Union attorneys.
"You know what is gross — your thoughts and prayers and Islamophobia after you created this anti-queer climate," ACLU staff attorney Chase Strangio tweeted on Sunday morning.
About 50 people were killed last night by Omar Mateen, a U.S. citizen born to Afghan parents suspected to have "leanings toward extreme Islamic ideologies." The FBI is investigating the attack as a "domestic terror incident."
But Strangio — who "spend[s his] life fighting Christian homophobia while being loved & supported by [his] Muslim family" — and his colleagues connected the shooting back to Christians and Republican politicians who oppose gay marriage. "The Christian Right has introduced 200 anti-LGBT bills in the last six months and people blaming Islam for this," Strangio tweeted. "No."
Another ACLU attorney who specializes in religious liberty issues scolded Republican lawmakers who tweeted out their condolences. "Remember when you co-sponsored extreme, anti-LGBT First Amendment Defense Act?" the ACLU's Eunice Rho tweeted at Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., and other Republicans,
House Speaker Paul Ryan was careful not to jump to conclusions about the attacker on Sunday morning. "We pray for those brutally attacked in Orlando," Ryan tweeted. "While we must learn more about the attacker, the victims & families will not be forgotten."
Strangio rebuffed that message as well. "But there will be no self-reflection and people like you will continue to fuel and embolden this type of hatred," he wrote in a retweet of Ryan's note
"Folks, Keep Walking Please. Nothing to See Here. Do Not Listen to This Talk Blaming Islam" TM
Former Coworker of ISIS Killer Omar Mateen: Employer Did Nothing About His Homophobic-Racist Comments Cuz He Was Muslim
Once again, Political correctness kills– The former employer of Omar Mateen did nothing to confront him on his racist-homophobic behavior because he was Muslim. Omar Mateen murdered 50 people at a “Pulse” gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida early Sunday morning. Jim Hoft Jun 12th, 2016
Mateen swore allegiance to ISIS before the mass killing.
Florida Today reported:
A former Fort Pierce police officer who once worked with 29-year-old Omar Mateen, the assailant in an Orlando nightclub shooting that left at least 50 dead, said he was “unhinged and unstable.”
Daniel Gilroy said he worked the 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. shift with G4S Security at the south gate at PGA Village for several months in 2014-15. Mateen took over from him for a 3 to 11 p.m. shift.
Gilroy, a former Fort Pierce Police officer, said Mateen frequently made homophobic and racial comments. Gilroy said he complained to his employer G4S Security several times but it did nothing because he was Muslim. Gilroy quit after he said Mateen began stalking him via multiple text messages — 20 or 30 a day. He also sent Gilroy 13 to 15 phone messages a day, he said.
“I quit because everything he said was toxic,” Gilroy said Sunday, “and the company wouldn’t do anything. This guy was unhinged and unstable. He talked of killing people.”
Gilroy said this shooting didn’t come as a surprise to him.
It's the fault of: the Christian right, of Trump, of inadequate Moslem immigration, of the guns, of a lone wolf, of mental illness, etc. The terror attack was an example of right wing domestic terrorism that had nothing to do with Islam.
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It's the fault of: the Christian right, of Trump, of inadequate Moslem immigration, of the guns, of a lone wolf, of mental illness, etc. The terror attack was an example of right wing domestic terrorism that had nothing to do with Islam.
The ACLU moron who said this is really no different than the community organizer in chief; Xlinton; Shumer; Reid; Pelosi; or any other agenda driven demagogue.
Whether it blaming droughts, hurricanes or tornadoes on "global warming", or blaming every terrorism act on "the gun" (or in this case, Christians), no data or facts will ever get in the way of these lowlife statists attempting to advance their causes.