Members and ex-members of the Mormon queer community said they feared the church's anti-LGTBQ rhetoric would one day lead to an attack like the one at Club Q.
The fatal shooting of five people at an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs on November 19 by 22-year-old suspect Anderson Lee Aldrich, a reported member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints , is something that Mormons were"afraid" would happen for some time, members of the religion's queer community told"Everyone in the queer Mormon community was afraid something like this would happen because the dangerous rhetoric of Mormon leaders, combined with a highly...
The spokesperson added:"The senseless act of violence in Colorado Springs is of great sadness and concern to us. We are greatly troubled by any violence in our communities and condemn most especially violent acts that are the result of intolerance against any of God's children." View of the temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints with its six spires in Kensington, Maryland, near Washington, DC, April 18, 2022. A spokesperson for the church confirmed Anderson Aldrich was a member.Though the church still considers same-sex marriage to be a sin, earlier in November, it, protecting same-sex marriage. The church added that, despite the fact Mormon doctrine remains unchanged, LGBTQ individuals are entitled to rights.
"So, you had one of the most powerful people in the religion, speaking in the most influential place, openly calling for violent retribution," she added.
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