Subscribe to Here's the Deal, our politics newsletter. But in the face of anti-LGBTQ discrimination and hostility, many Colorado Springs residents established LGBTQ funds and advocacy groups, Colorado Springs Indy columnist Brandon Flanery wrote in 2020. In an article published on Focus on the Family's website in 2016, it writes that "Gender Identity Laws Place Everyone at Risk." David Zalubowski / AP. Colorado Springs is a community that is full of love. Colorado Springs native Ashlyn May, who grew up in a Christian church but left when it didnt accept her queer identity, said one woman from the group in the tent asked if she could pray for her and a friend who accompanied her to the memorial. WebAt about 1:00 p.m. MST (20:00 UTC), more than thirty minutes after the 11:00 a.m. sermon had ended at New Life Church, Murray opened fire in the church parking lot with a We recognize the community is hurting in the aftermath of the reckless and violent actions of a very disturbed individual, said Jim Daly, president of Focus on the Family, in a Friday statement. Jeremy, right, comforts his partner Anthony, one of the survivors wounded in the mass shooting at Club Q, at Centura Penrose Hospital in Colorado Springs on Tuesday. Located in the shadow of the southern Rocky Mountains, the Colorado city of nearly 500,000 residents is home to five nearby military bases and the staunchly anti Anderson Lee Aldrich, 22, is accused of opening fire Saturday in Club Q, a popular LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs. Not for the "stupid price" of $150 an acre foot. Will that affect potential hate crime charges? But the shooting at Club Q only reinforced a commitment to defending LGBTQ constituents, Vigil said. At a preliminary hearing on Wednesday, Law enforcement says a gunman Remember to include the url or headline of the article plus your name and town and/or state. The department also told ProPublica it would create an LGBTQ liaison program. Not for the "stupid price" of $150 an acre foot. City council debates revolve around issues familiar throughout the Mountain West, such as water, housing and the threat of wildfires. PUBLISHED: February 22, 2023 at 9:05 a.m. | UPDATED: February 22, 2023 at 9:06 a.m. COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. Five people were hospitalized We will not go back into any closet. Daly noted a generational shift among Christian leaders away from the rhetorical style of his predecessor, Dr. James Dobson. More than half of US states this year introduced legislation that targeted LGBTQ residents, with a focus on transgender children and teens. Ever feel like the only difference between the New York Times and Washington Post is the name? The Colorado Springs-based Focus on the Family is a $100 million-a-year-operation dedicated to family and moral values. We urge everyone to pray for peace and we also pray for the individual or group responsible for this mischievous and unwarranted defacing of our ministry's property.". Focus on the Family President Jim Daly condemned the shooting on the day it occurred. The SPLC has long branded mainstream conservative and Christian organizations as hate groups, placing them on a list with the likes of the Ku Klux Klan. Sin causes disconnection and separation from God and others. Read the full story on the Denver Channels website. Morning Forecast Adrian Vasquez, chief of the Colorado Springs Police Department, made an effort to use the right names and pronouns for the victims killed at Club Q. You can review our Community Guidelines by clicking here. Last year, SPLC Chief of Staff Lecia Brooks insisted that the Southern Poverty Law Center is not anti-Christian at all. If so, the least it could do is condemn the vandalism directed at Focus on the Family. "We recognize the community is hurting in the aftermath of the reckless and violent actions of a very disturbed individual. Hours & Location Hours: Mon Fri : 9am 5:30pm Sat: 9am 5pm Closed Sunday Address: 8685 Explorer Drive Colorado Springs, CO 80920-1051 Phone: (719)-531-3464 E-mail: Bookstore.Associate@fotf.org Available Products Adventures in "Needs fire.". Ron DeSantis; and state laws protecting children from controversial transgender medical interventions, Wilson turns to address Anti-LGBTQ Hate in Colorado. He claims that far-right figures actively spread smears, conspiracy theories, and falsehoods about LGBTQ people in the months leading up to Saturdays mass shooting.. Human Rights Campaign, an organization fighting for LGBTQ rights, posted an article about Focus on the Family, calling the group one of the most well-funded anti-LGBTQ organizations in the U.S. Human Rights Campaign alleges that Focus on the Family uses the $515 million it has raised over the last five years to invest in public education campaigns against LGBTQ equality. Colorado Springs, a city of about 480,000 located 70 miles south of Denver, is home to the U.S. Air Force Academy, as well as Focus on the Family, a prominent evangelical Christian ministry. Instead of relying on IDs or legal identifiers, Vasquez and the police department communicated with victims families through victim advocates, who provided the names and pronouns by which their loved ones were known, Colorado Springs Police Department spokesperson Pamela Castro told CNN in an email. This is a time for prayer, grieving and healing, not vandalism and the spreading of hate," Focus on the Family President Jim Daly told Newsweek in an emailed statement. "Their blood is on your hands five lives taken," the message read. We will never, ever, ever stop being who we are, Vigil tweeted. Your effort and contribution in providing this feedback is much To sound off, please emailletters@DailySignal.comand well consider publishing your edited remarks in our regular We Hear You feature. It is hard. It was more welcoming than the rural part of Florida where he grew up. In a press conference earlier this week, Vasquez said he wanted to identify the victims how they identified themselves, and how their families have loved and identified them.. Community members gather for a vigil Sunday at the All Souls Unitarian Church in Colorado Springs. Colorado Springs shooting victims The Colorado Springs Police Department identified the five people killed at Club Q as: Raymond Green Vance (he/him) The SPLC did not respond to The Daily Signals request for comment on the Focus on the Family vandalism, and the center doesnt appear to have condemned it publicly. In 2016 she became the first openly LGBTQ and Black person elected to Colorados General Assembly, representing part of Denver. The suspect accused of killing five people in an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs ran a neo-Nazi website and used anti-gay slurs, a police detective testified on Wednesday. The SPLC used that radical Islamic terrorist attack to demonize conservative Christians. "Not bad enough," another tweeted about the vandalism. But many police departments have misgendered LGBTQ victims of crime, particularly trans people, in investigations or press conferences. Stephanie Vigil was just elected to represent Colorado Springs in the state legislature. Contrary to SPLC insinuations, groups like Focus on the Family and the Family Research Council dont hate LGBT people or wish them dead. The people who lost their lives that night include: CLICK HERE to donate to a verified fundraiser page to help all the victims impacted. It reminded May of her beloved great-grandparents, who were religious. In 2018, after three Black trans women were fatally shot in three separate instances in Jacksonville, Florida, the Jacksonville Sheriffs Office repeatedly refused to refer to the victims by their correct names and pronouns, ProPublica reported. Police chief Adrian Vasquez took a basic but still relatively uncommon step when announcing the names of the five victims killed at Club Q, the beloved LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs. COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. When officials unfurled a 25-foot rainbow flag in front of Colorado Springs City Hall this week, people gathered to mourn the victims of a mass shooting at a popular LGBTQ club couldnt help but reflect on how such a display of support would have been unthinkable just days earlier. Focus on the Family President Jim Daly condemned the shooting on the day it occurred. Sam Metz, Associated Press, Stephen Groves, Associated Press If you would like to share a story idea, please submit it here. Five Whereas Focus on the Family published literature in decades past assailing what it called the Homosexual Agenda, its messaging now emphasizes tolerance, ensuring those who believe marriage should be between one man and one woman have the right to act accordingly. Colorado Springs voted 3 to 1 in favor of Amendment 2, helping make its narrow statewide victory possible. Below you will find contact information and answers to a candidate questionnaire from The Gazette. A person pauses to pay respects at a makeshift memorial in November 2022, near Club Q. Earlier this month, a gunman opened fire at Club Q, a gay nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado, killing five and injuring 25 others. Donate now. These are the victims of the Colorado club shooting. Aldrich, who according to his attorneys identifies as non-binary, comes from a conservative Republican family. Police said there was no information about who might have vandalized the sign, according to The Gazette. Incorrectly identifying a victim can slow down an investigation, confusing people who may have known them by the name they used in everyday life, the outlet reported. 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In recent decades the population has almost doubled to 480,000 people. Campaign phone number: 719-210-1607. To be sure, most people share varying degrees of personal information with family, co-workers, friends, and other acquaintances and that is, perhaps, especially true of people in the LGBTQ community. Wilson rounds out the article by quoting drag queens who claim there is a new atmosphere of confrontation and hostility at child-friendly performances around the state.. But even departments in cities with sizable LGBTQ populations, such as the Orange County Sheriffs Department in central Florida, can be careless in their interactions with LGBTQ victims and witnesses: In 2018, when investigating the death of Sasha Garden, a Black trans woman, the sheriffs office misgendered her and used descriptions that LGBTQ advocates said were damaging, the Orlando Sentinel reported. Focus on the Family is privileged to be one of many organizations in our city positioned to help and support the needs of struggling individuals and families, he continued. The hearing is scheduled to continue through Friday, when a judge will rule if there is enough evidence to take the case which includes more than 300 charges to trial. The "Sacred Cloth" Pride Flag is displayed following a ceremony at City Hall after a mass shooting at LGBTQ nightclub Club Q in Colorado Springs, Colorado. (Icons, a downtown bar with singing staff, opened a year later in 2021.). 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Police, media and public officials have a responsibility to lead with respect, said Jay Brown, Human Rights Campaign senior vice president for programs, research and training, in a statement to CNN. The families of the five individuals killed inSaturday night's senseless attack are in our prayers. Wilson also suggests that some evangelical churches should lose their nonprofit status for electioneering in support of fundamentalist candidates in school board elections. He notes that the SPLCs hate map lists four anti-LGBTQ hate groups, including two headquartered in Colorado Springs: the Family Research Institute and the Pray in Jesus Name Project. Two friends, Derrick Rump and Daniel Aston, helped him land the job at Club Q and find his queer family in his new hometown. COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) -- Focus on the Family is the target of graffiti referencing the Club Q shooting. Despite the suspects identifying as nonbinary and going by Mx. He said the horrific event exposes the evil and wickedness inside the A deranged would-be terrorist used the SPLCs hate map to target the conservative Christian group Family Research Council in 2012, intending to shoot everyone in the building and smear a Chick-fil-A sandwich in the face of each of his victims. Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio of Florida. When you pump that demoralizing rhetoric into the atmosphere, when you supercharge the political environment to make it as hostile as possible toward LGBTQ people, someone has to pay the price, he told CNNs Jim Acosta on Sunday. The group has condemned the Club Q attack and urged prayer for peace as well as for whomever was responsible for the mischievous and unwarranted defacing of the property. This can make it difficult to discern whether police and media are using the right terms to describe them. The families of the five individuals killed in Saturday nights senseless attack are in our prayers. The Family Research Institutewhich reported only $50,000 in revenue in 2021appears not to have addressed the shooting. Opinion: Colorado farms going fallow? Joe Biden Turns Americas Government Into Wokeness Inc. Instead, the SPLC illustrated how some on the Left smear political opponents, even when they have nothing to do with the crime at issue. Police did not announce the Club Q shooting suspects motive, but they face five counts of first-degree murder and five counts of a bias-motivated crime causing bodily injury, court records show. It's an apparent reference to the mass shooting at the gay nightclub, Club Q, where five people died Saturday night. Joines said that detectives found a cellphone taped to a hat inside the suspect's car, leading detectives to believe they had considered livestreaming that night. Residents take pride in describing Colorado Springs as a place defined by reinvention. After the shooting, Focus on the Family's president, Jim Daly, said that like the rest of the community he was mourning the tragedy. Published The Daily Signal depends on the support of readers like you. Over the last several decades, Focus on the Family which is based in Colorado Springs has developed into a nationally recognised, well-financed and influential conservative Christian ministry that has lobbied against LGBT+ rights and characterised LGBT+ identities as a particularly evil lie of Satan.. With the city under the national spotlight, he said the organization wanted to make it clear it stands against hate. An estimated 5 million Americans tune into its weekly radio program, which is broadcast by more than 2,500 stations around the world. This is a time for prayer, grieving and healing, not vandalism and the spreading of hate. Copyright 2023 KKTV. In an article by The Gazette, police confirmed a message was spray-painted in black paint onto a Focus on the Family sign at the ministry's headquarters in Colorado Springs. Candidate name: Tom Strand. 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Terms of Service | Privacy Policy | Community Guidelines | KRDO Jobs | FCC Applications |, KRDO FCC Public File | KRDO FCC Applications, Breaking News However, these laws and policies allow dangerous individuals open admission to public accommodations. Lawyers for the suspect in the shooting said in a court filing Tuesday that their client is nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns, marking the first time that information was public. The suspect had been to Club Q in 2021 and 2022 at least six times before the shooting, Joines said, and on Nov. 19 bought a ticket for a drag show there. His biography for Focus on the Family says he's an Issues Analyst who "regularly shares his story of struggling as a Christian with same-sex attractions and how God brought healing and change to his life.". / We urge everyone to pray for peace and we also pray for the individual or group responsible for this mischievous and unwarranted defacing of our ministrys property., A Twitter account called colorado peoples press, which has thousands of followers, on Thanksgiving evening posted photos of the graffiti and a letter signed by members of the Front Range queer community., Focus on the family vandalized in response to the club q murders in Colorado Springs THEIR BLOOD IS ON YOUR HANDSFIVE LIVES TAKEN, A press release and report back from those who completed this direct action: pic.twitter.com/LszpJrTmzX, colorado peoples press (@colpeoplespress) November 25, 2022, Before proceeding we feel it is our responsibility to acknowledge that we acted without consent from the families of these people, the anonymous letter stated. AP writers Brittany Peterson and Jesse Bedayn in Colorado Springs contributed. COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) When officials unfurled a 25-foot rainbow flag in front of Colorado Springs City Hall this week, people gathered to mourn the victims of a mass shooting at a popular gay club couldnt help but reflect on how such a display of support would have been unthinkable just days earlier. After growing up in Colorado Springs in a military family like many others in the city she left to study at the University of Colorado in the liberal city of Boulder. A person pauses to pay respects at a makeshift memorial in November 2022, near Club Q. It was a safe space for the LGBTQ community of Colorado Springs, Club Q was Colorado Springs only remaining gay bar at the time of Flanerys piece. Regardless of motive, I condemn the demonic violence ruling inside the heart of the shooter in the Colorado Springs nightclub, Klingenschmitt wrote on Facebook on Nov. 20. I have been thinking for years, were in the middle of a transition about what Colorado Springs is, who we are, and what weve become, said Matt Mayberry, a historian who directs the Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum. She said she found community at Club Q when she would come back from college, but that sense of belonging didnt allow her to forget that people and groups with a history of anti-LGBTQ stances and rhetoric maintained influence in city politics. Other local enforcement officials, including the El Paso County Sheriffs Office which has taken over custody of the suspect continued to refer to the suspect using he/him pronouns after the filing stating their gender identity. The US Supreme Court later struck down the amendment. She suffered a gunshot wound to her face and her leg while her daughter was shot in the upper leg. Focus on the Family, an evangelical organization in Colorado Springs, was recently vandalized in response to the mass shooting at the LGBTQ nightclub. Learn more about Willis here. The shooting happened just after 7 p.m. at the Alta Convenience Store near the intersection of Palmer Park Boulevard and Potter Drive. These attacks should come as no surprise to those familiar with this leftist groups political tactics. WebStop in today so we may find what can help you, and your family, fully serve Christs Kingdom. All Rights Reserved. In the 1990s, the conservative Christian group Focus on the Family advocated to amend the Colorado Springs Constitution to make it illegal to prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation. Jessy Smith Cruz embraces Jadzia Dax McClendon in Colorado Springs on Sunday. In the 1990s it became known as a home base for evangelical nonprofits and Christian ministries including the broadcast ministry Focus on the Family and the Fellowship of Christian Cowboys. The Club Q shooting suspect identifies as nonbinary. The influx of evangelical groups decades ago was at least in part spurred by efforts from the citys economic development arm to offer financial incentives to lure nonprofits. Willis Scott is an evening anchor for KRDO. "Today, they should be thankful we don't repay blood with blood," another tweeted. Advocates say that when law enforcement or the media misgender a crime victim, it can add trauma and pain to a community that is already grieving. Wilson does not mention that Gordon Klingenschmitt, who runs the Pray in Jesus Name Project, condemned the shooting. 2:27 PM EST, Wed November 23, 2022. Club Q owner says Colorado Someone spray-painted the sign in front of the When the Senate recently voted to codify same-sex marriage, holdouts included influential GOP Sens. Politics here lean more conservative than in comparable-size cities. In a Focus on the Family question-and-answer webpage, in response to the topic "struggling with same-sex attractions," the ministry said the word "gay" is an "artificial construct.". Did you encounter any technical issues? Colorado Springs once had a reputation as an unwelcoming place for LGBTQ residents. Focus on the Family is privileged to be one of many organizations in our city positioned to help and support the needs of struggling individuals and families. The idea of latching onto a city with a bright future is part of what drew Michael Anderson, a bartender at Club Q who survived last weekends shooting, to move here. Daily Briefing The man suspected of killing five people and wounding 17 others at a Colorado Springs LGBTQ nightclub will face multiple murder and hate crime charges, After the shooting, Focus on the Familys president, Jim Daly, said that like the rest of the community he was mourning the tragedy. In the 1940s, military bases arrived. Over the summer, members of the extremist group Proud Boys interrupted a drag queen story hour, and other groups have since protested the events or forced them to be canceled. COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. The man suspected of fatally shooting five people and injuring more than a dozen others at an LGBTQ nightclub is facing murder Start your Independent Premium subscription today. The suspect accused of killing five people in CNN Sans & 2016 Cable News Network. (KKTV) The incident comes as Colorado Springs continues to grieve the senseless loss of life at Club Q nearly one week ago. But last weekends shooting has raised uneasy questions about the lasting legacy of cultural conflicts that caught fire decades ago and gave Colorado Springs a reputation as a cauldron of religion-infused conservatism, where LGBTQ people didnt fit in with the most vocal community leaders idea of family values. The Colorado Springs Police Department identified the five people killed at Club Q as. Campaign phone We must condemn in the strongest terms possible the taking of innocent life., After the vandalism, Daly said the shootings aftermath should be a time of prayer, grieving and healing, not vandalism and the spreading of hate., The families of the five individuals killed in Saturday nights senseless attack are in our prayers, Daly added in a public statement. Joines also said that the suspect sent a photo of a rifle scope over a Pride parade to someone else over Discord. 2023 Cable News Network. It is important to us that you understand why Focus on the Family must be held accountable for the ramifications of their hateful theology, the statement adds, pointing to the organisations support for legislation targeting transgender people, its falsified research and support for so-called conversation therapy. But that may be irrelevant in court; as the Associated Press noted, hate crime laws focus on the victims, not the perpetrators. A general view of Club Q as police respond to the shooting. "[Gay is] a word that means what other people say it meansnothing more, nothing less," the webpage said. We urge everyone to pray for peace and we also pray for the individual or group responsible for this mischievous and unwarranted defacing of our ministrys property.. We urge everyone to pray for peace and we also pray for the individual or group responsible for this mischievous and unwarranted defacing of our ministrys property.. 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Focus on the Family is privileged to be one of many organizations in our city positioned to help and support the needs of struggling individuals and families, he Herod and others who have been around long enough are remembering this week how in the 1990s, at the height of the religious rights influence, the Colorado Springs-based group Colorado for Family Values spearheaded a statewide push to pass Amendment 2 and make it illegal for communities to pass ordinances protecting LGBTQ people from discrimination. This is a time for prayer, grieving and healing, not vandalism and the spreading of hate, Jim Daly, president of Focus on the Family, said in a statement shared with The Independent. In another PDF handout, Focus on the Family encourages parents to tell their children that "Sin has confused them; they need God's help to follow Him," when discussing same-sex couples. 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