MY NAME IS LOU MERCER.
I STAND BEFORE YOU AS THE PROUD MOTHER OF A GAY SON. I STAND BEFORE YOU AS THE PROUD SISTER OF A
LESBIAN. I STAND BEFORE YOU AS THE PROUD
AUNT OF A GAY NIECE. MY LEGION OF FRIENDS
ARE GAY.AND I STAND PROUDLY TONIGHT AS ONE WHO HAS WORKED TIRELESSLY TO HAVE MY
FRIENDS AND FAMILY ACCEPTED AND PROTECTED IN THIS GREAT COUNTRY OF OURS.
I WAS THERE TO DEFEAT AMENDMENT 2. I WAS THERE TO SEE GAY MARRIAGE BECOME A
REALITY. I WAS THERE TO SEE GAY
ADOPTIONS. I SEE GAY REPRESENTATIVES AND SENATORS AND GOVERNORS AND MAYORS AND
MINISTERS. I HAVE MARCHED IN GAY PRIDE
PARADES , BUT TONIGHT I STAND BEFORE YOU AS A HUMAN BEING MOURNING THE LOSS OF
MY FELLOW HUMAN BEINGS IN A SENSELESS KILLING.
HE KNEW NONE OF HIS VICTIMS.
MORE WILL COME OUT AS THEY INVESTIGATE THIS MURDER THAT IS NOW BEING
KNOWN AS THE LARGEST LOSS OF LIFE IN A KILLING ON UNITED STATES SOIL BY A
SINGLE GUNMAN. I HAVE HEARD HE PLEDGED
HIS LOYALTY TO ISIS WHICH MEANS THEY CAN TIE HIM TO THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY.
NO! NO! WE ARE NOT GOING TO ACCEPT THIS. CALL IT WHAT IT IS….A HOMOPHOBIC ASSHOLE THAT
WANTED TO KILL GAYS. OUR COUNTRY IS IN A
DOWNWARD SPIRAL BECAUSE THE LAWS WE WORKED SO HARD TO PUT INTO PLACE ARE BEING
HELD UP AND RIDICULED BY DONALD TRUMP AND HIS FOLLOWERS. HE IS BEING HELD UP BY SO CALLED CHRISTIANS
THAT POINT OUT TO US DAY AFTER DAY THAT ACCORDING THE BIBLE, HOMOSEXUALITY IS A
SIN. DO THESE PEOPLE EVEN READ THE
BIBLE? I THINK NOT.
THE NEW TESTAMENT SET ASIDE ALL THE OLD LAWS SUCH AS BURNING
A CALF ON THE ALTER, MARRYING YOUR BROTHERS WIDOW , AND GOD FORBID YOU EAT
SHRIMP! HOMOSEXUALITY IS NOT EVEN
DISCUSSED IN THE NEW TESTAMENT AND MOST IMPORTANTLY TO ME….JESUS CHRIST NEVER
ADDRESSED THE SUBJECT.
SO LETS JUST CALL THIS WHAT IT IS, A BIGOTED PERSON WANTED TO
SHOOT QUEERS AND HE DID IT!
I AM HERE TONIGHT FOR ONLY ONE REASON AND THAT IS TO ASK US
ALL TO COME TOGETHER AND REMEMBER STONEWALL.
REMEMBER WHEN THE POLICE RAIDED THE GAY CLUB AGAIN AND THE PATRONS SAID
“NO MORE!” WE HAVE COME A LONG WAYS WITH
PEACEFUL RESISTANCE AND WE CAN NOT NOW BOW DOWN AND GO BACK IN THE CLOSET WE ARE OUT!
WE ARE PROUD! AND WE ARE NOT
GOING TO BACK DOWN FROM THIS ADVERSITY.
WE ARE IN AN ELECTION YEAR AND WE NEED TO VOTE AND WE NEED TO
VOTE WISELY. RESEARCH YOUR CANDIDATES AND
PUT YOUR “X” WERE YOUR MOUTH IS.
GOD LOVES EVERYONE OF US JUST AS WE ARE. UNFORTUNEATLY HE GAVE THE HUMAN RACE FREE
WILL AND A LOT OF PEOPLE CHOOSE TO TRY TO IMPOSE THEIR FREE WILL ON US, BUT,
HONEY, IT AIN’T HAPPENING ON OUR WATCH!!!
