2 months before his murder spree, Mateen signed his house over to his Brother-in-law

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87. I know what he said.

He also said this:

“He doesn't have the right, nobody has the right to harm anything, anybody. What a person's lifestyle is, is up to him. It's a free country. Everybody has their own choice to live the way they want to live.”

I'm not "touting" the man. His son committed an horrific act and he posted something insensitive but apparently the father doesn't know what made his "good son" do it.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the-orlando-shooters-afghan-roots/2016/06/13/d89a8cd0-30e4-11e6-ab9d-1da2b0f24f93_story.html

I found Pastor Jimenez' rant about dead pedophiles to be seriously offensive. Preaching misinformation and hate any time is wrong but at a time like that? Has he been defrocked? Being "devout" apparently gives people the right to spew such stuff - 1st Amendment and all that.

Mateen's wife and father were put on the no fly list during the investigation. It's not like nothing at all has been happening to them.

Before you start accusing me of being pro-Taliban or something I'd like to reiterate my point that there's been no evidence, AFAIK, that Mateen's family members were involved in the killings. Nevertheless some of the DUers are convicting and sentencing them before they've even been charged. Isn't that at least a little premature? I hope none of our homegrown vigilants decide to burn them out or open fire on a mosque or anything like that. I hope someone's watching out for their safety as well as watching them.

Innocent until proved guilty.

I'm saving my hate for the gun merchant who sold him the weapon and the laws that allowed him to do that. I try not to hate everybody before I've had my morning coffee.