A mass shooting at a popular gay club in Colorado Springs has resurfaced questions about the city's past and future among its residents.
couldn’t help but reflect on how such a display of support would have been unthinkable just days earlier.
“It feels like the city is kind of at this tipping point,” said Candace Woods, a queer minister and chaplain who has called Colorado Springs home for 18 years. “It feels interesting and strange, like there’s this tension: How are we going to decide how we want to move forward as a community?” “I have been thinking for years, we’re in the middle of a transition about what Colorado Springs is, who we are, and what we’ve become,” said Matt Mayberry, a historian at Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum.
“Colorado Springs is a community that is full of love. But I will also acknowledge that I chose to leave the Springs because I felt like when it came to ... the elected leadership, the vocal leadership in this community, it wasn’t supportive of all people, wasn’t supportive of Black people, wasn’t supportive of immigrants, not supportive of LGBTQ people,” Herod said at a memorial event downtown.
The influx of evangelical groups decades ago was at least in part spurred by efforts from the city’s economic development arm to offer financial incentives to lure nonprofits. Newcomers began lobbying for policies like getting rid of school Halloween celebrations due to suspicions about the holiday’s pagan origins.Yemi Mobolade, an entrepreneur running for mayor as an independent, didn’t understand how strong Colorado Springs’ stigma as a “hate city” was until he moved here 12 years ago.
Daly noted a generational shift among Christian leaders away from the rhetorical style of his predecessor, Dr. James Dobson. 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.
Canada Latest News, Canada Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Colorado Springs reckons with its past after Club Q shootingWhen officials unfurled a rainbow flag in front of Colorado Springs City Hall, people gathered to mourn the victims of the Club Q mass shooting couldn’t help but reflect on how such a display of support would have been unthinkable just days earlier.
Read more »
Colorado Springs reckons with past after gay club shootingA mass shooting at a popular gay club in Colorado Springs has resurfaced questions about the city's past and future among its residents.
Read more »
Colorado Springs reckons with past after gay club shootingA mass shooting at a popular gay club in Colorado Springs has resurfaced questions about the city's past and future among its residents.
Read more »
Colorado Springs reckons with past after gay club shooting“I have been thinking for years, we’re in the middle of a transition about what Colorado Springs is, who we are, and what we’ve become,” said Matt Mayberry, a historian at Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum.
Read more »
Colorado Springs reckons with past after gay club shootingFor others, the shocking act of violence in a space considered an LGBTQ refuge shattered a sense of optimism pervading everywhere from the city's revitalized downtown to the sprawling subdivisions on its outskirts.
Read more »