I was wrong.
On June, 10th around 2AM a man named Omar Mateen who was disgusted to see two men who were in love with each other a few months earlier targeted a gay club in Orlando called Pulse where he went on a killing spree with a AR-15 assault rifle. He took 49 lives that night while countless others were left wounded both physically, emotionally and mentally. People who went out to enjoy themselves and get away from the troubles of life were mowed down because one bigot can't comprehend "LOVE" outside of his narrow minded view of the world and therefore decides to take action by ending so many lives of people who never did anything to him besides be themselves and love one another. That morning I woke to the news along with the rest of the world and my heart filled with sadness, I couldn't believe after all the years of fighting for our freedoms and slowly seeing this nation become more accepting of LGBT people that someone would or could do that to another human being. That sadness has now turned in to anger, a fierce fire that now drives me more than ever to extinguish people like Omar Mateen who harbor the fear and hate within their hearts towards something that doesn't hurt them. Two people who love each other and aren't hurting anyone else. Love no matter what form it takes between a man and a woman, two men or two women is beautiful and should be celebrated, not hated. Whether it be in the name of religion or sheer ignorance this behavior cannot be allowed to continue, I don't want to forget what has happened, I don't want to simply mourn and allow this to happen again, I want change now. I want our country to do something about this, we can't keep going on like this and pretending that mass shootings are a normal thing. People's live being ended like this will NEVER become a casual thing, I will NOT allow that to happen. In time I will comment more on this but for now I can't say much more than that.
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