
Liliuokalani Park, Hilo, HI
I guess it needs to be said:
You don’t get to kill someone because they’re different. God made LGBTQ folks. Muslim folks. Black folks. Brown folks. You don’t get to kill them because of any of that.
You don’t get to kill people because you’re angry, or scared, or offended, or embarrassed. You don’t get to kill them out of resentment or a sense of betrayal. You don’t get to kill them out of privilege or pride. You don’t get to kill them.
When the sword flashed in the Garden of Gethsemane, Jesus said, “Enough of this.”
Two thousand years and millions of dead later, haven’t we had enough?