Early Sunday morning, Omar Mateen shot and killed 49 people at a gay nightclub in Orlando, perpetrating the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history. Mateen, his father explained the next day, had repeatedly been angered by the sight of two men kissing.
Alex Jacobsen, 26, was suffering from mental exhaustion and anxiety. He hadn’t slept for days despite being in a faith-based treatment program. He felt hopeless and when he spotted a box knife he grabbed it and held it against his neck pressing harder as it cut through his skin.
Rush Limbaugh weighed in today on the controversy over “bathroom bills” in a number of states that have been decried as anti-trans. . . .
Governor Nathan Deal (R-Georgia) vetoed a Religious Freedom Restoration Act-style bill that would have allowed Georgia businesses to deny services to members of the LGBT community. The state faced possible boycotts from the entertainment industry. Rev. Barry Lynn, Executive Director of Americans United for Separation of Church and State, joins ‘News With Ed’ to discuss this bill and similar RFRA ones sweeping the nation.
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