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Above, participants gather outside Resource Center Dallas on Wednesday evening, Aug. 5 during a candlelight vigil for the victims of last weekend’s shooting at an LGBT community center in Tel Aviv, Israel. The shooting during a youth group meeting left two people dead and at least 11 injured. About 50 people attended the Dallas vigil, which was sponsored by Resource Center, Congregation Beth El Binah, Fuse and the Jewish Federation of Greater Dallas.
This article appeared in the Dallas Voice print edition August 7, 2009.
Tel Aviv murders = Religion.
Murders of GLBTs does not always equal religion. It’s shameful to tag every incident as religion-based, when clearly the Bible says, “You shall NOT commit murder!” A truly God loving person WOULD NOT commit murder; A deranged idiot would. Please quit blaming religion! Let’s start holding the “individual” responsible and quit making religion the scapegoat.
On the other hand, Michel, murders of GLBTs sometimes equals religion, or at least ideas that had their orgin in religious settings.