Did what happened in Orlando bridge the gap for the LGBT community?
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Members of the "Lei of Aloha for Orlando" group place a portion of a 100-foot lei — a ceremonial garland made of tea leaves — to honor the victims of the Pulse massacre at the makeshift memorial at Orlando Regional Medical Center on Wednesday, June 22, 2016. The lei was made by 250 volunteers in Nahiki, Hawaii, and flown to Orlando by the group for presentations at ORMC, Pulse nightclub and the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel/TNS)
Since the Opinion topic for this issue is “Did what happened in Orlando bridge the gap for the LGBT community?” we asked that same question to six random students.
This terrible tragedy that happened in an Orlando, Fla., nightclub marks the worst mass shooting in American history, which left 49 people dead and 53 wounded.
It has left us with controversy on the way the politicians, the media, the LGBT community, and the population at large deal with this horrible event.
First, how we perceive and come to terms with the shooting, and what possible steps to take to prevent another attack.
Some view this and say it was an act of terrorism while others disagree and say it was a hate crime.
Many of us want some way of preventing the next shooting. Politicians, lawmakers and the population are split on how to deal with this issue; some think this is a gun issue and want to pass stricter gun laws.
Others want to temporarily ban Muslims from immigrating to the U.S., and some want the FBI to change the parameters of how they investigate suspects on the terrorist watch list.
Whatever hard choices we make in the future, most, if not all, of us want something done to ensure the safety of all.
