"I will not attend one more ‘Moment of Silence’ on the Floor. Our silence does not honor the victims, it mocks them.
“The Moments of Silence in the House have become an abomination. God will ask you, ‘How did you keep my children safe’? Silence."
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Jim Hines (D- Connecticut)
He also said on his twitter:
“God will ask you why you did not defer to the will of the people as children poured out their blood. And we will answer with silence.”
“If whatever God you worship is in fact a God of love and peace you had better use the Moment of Silence to pray for our souls.”
“If God is an angry God, prepare to know a hell well beyond that lived day to day by the families of the butchered. I will not be silent.”
(via graceebooks)
(Source: wilwheaton, via windbladess)
Anonymous asked: What's going on with a filibuster?
fluent-in-lesbianism:
Oh, man. It’s so wild, anon:
- Officially hit 13 hours (it’s after midnight in D.C. right now)
- Started with just 7 Senators head by Sen. Chris Murphy from Connecticut, now it’s grown to 40 from varying states
- They’ve hit topics all over the place: the need for the Equality bill to pass (which would protect the LGBTQIA community from being fired at work and other equality laws to protect us), the call for religious tolerance involving the Muslim community, how the incident with Matthew Shepard affected the LGBTQIA community, etc.
- But the main topic has been how unbelievable it is that people on the no fly list can’t get on a plane, but they can still legally buy guns at a gun show or on online venues, such as Facebook and Instagram
- Some standout speeches (that I’ve personally seen) include those by Sens. Tammy Baldwin, Cory Booker, Mazie Hirono, Brian Schatz, Sherrod Brown, Bob Menendez, and Angus King
- Each speaking Senator has explicitly called out Republicans for accepting money from the NRA and doing “absolutely nothing” to help their constituents
- Sen. Brown basically called them cowards for deferring to them when confronted with decisions on gun control (it was fucking awesome)
- Sen. Murphy asked why Republican Senators even signed up to be Senators if they’re just going to ignore the slaughter of people they’re supposed to protect (again, fucking awesome)
- Every mass shooting we’ve had has been talked about in depth, including Orlando and its impact on the LGBTQIA and the Latino communities alike
- There’s so much more that I know I’ve missed, but I’ve been watching for like 7 hours now and it’s all running together
