The Interfaith Center of New York stands in solidarity with the families of the victims of the Orlando Massacre and LGBT communities in Florida and around the country. Our thoughts and prayers go out to all those who responded heroically to the mayhem: EMT’s, Fire Fighters, Police, and fellow citizens. We condemn this horrific act of mass murder and ISIS’ barbaric ideology that may have helped inspire it.
Echoing the President’s words that, “In the face of hate and violence, we will love one another,” we call on our political leaders and public officials to restrain any impulses to fan the flames of prejudice and hatred. We recognize that hate is not the answer to hate, nor is Islamophobia the answer to homophobia.
