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Nye Bevan

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3. Omar Mateen was raised by parents who support the Taliban,

Reply to wheniwasincongress (Original post)

Sun Jun 12, 2016, 04:00 PM

Jun 2016

which believes that gay people deserve to be executed. And they come from a country where capital punishment for gay people is enshrined into law. I'm really not sure that US politicians saying things like "marriage is between a man and a woman" had a whole lot to do with this atrocity.

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Will the media hold anti-gay politicians responsible? [View all] wheniwasincongress Jun 2016 OP

Are you kidding? Warpy Jun 2016 #1

Nope. it's "Islamic terrorism". Nothing to do with home grown hate. MH1 Jun 2016 #2

Omar Mateen was raised by parents who support the Taliban, Nye Bevan Jun 2016 #3

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