A movement, Black is quick to point out, did not only involve white men.
That day, we were filming a scene re-creating the 2009 National Equality March on Washington.
Orlando served as a terrible reminder of just how much more we have left to do.
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President Obama too has taken action to better protect LGBT people.
This failure sends a message that we are not worthy of equal respect or protection in the United States.
That is not leadership that is blood on our elected leaders hands.
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This judgment is not about love at all.
It is hateful and deadly.
Mere tolerance can no longer be the aim of religion.
The time has come for true understanding and acceptance.
To do otherwise makes our nations unaccepting religious leaders complicit in Orlando as well.
We must also act in more immediate ways that will protect not only LGBT people, but all citizens.
He injured five people and killed one 16-year-old girl.
Its not that he had any less hatred than the Orlando shooter.
Its not that he didnt make a run at murder many more.
Its that he couldnt.
He didnt have the tools to do so.
It is time to disarm hate.
