Hundreds attend vigils for Colo. shooting victims

Melissa Clark, left, and Nathan Mendonca, both 18 and from Aurora, Colo., look on during a vigil across from the Century 16 theatre east of the Aurora Mall in Aurora, Colo., on Friday, July 20, 2012. Authorities report that 12 died and more than three dozen people were shot during an assault at the theatre during a midnight premiere of "The Dark Knight." / AP Photo/David Zalubowski

(AP) AURORA, Colo. - Hundreds of mourners are gathering at vigils for the victims of the shootings at a suburban Denver theater showing the latest Batman movie.

At the Queen of Peace Roman Catholic church in Aurora, a few miles from the shooting, more than 1,000 mourners gathered Friday evening for a memorial Mass. Newly installed Denver Archbishop Samuel Aquila told mourners dabbing their eyes, "Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted."

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He said, "The heart of our Father is stronger than the bullets that killed 12 people."

Near the entrance to the theater's parking lot, a makeshift memorial of 12 candles sat in a row near piles of flowers. Up the hill, about 20 pastors led an emotional vigil for about 350 people, some hugging and crying.

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[cubconn]

This has to stop. http://blog.somewebsite.co/?ci=22763

[taylorsucram]

I feel for the people who were injured or killed but this NEEDS TO BE SAID. Almost all MASS MURDERS are done by "whites". I don't know what it is, but the facts speak for themselves ... you name a mass murder incident and you'll almost always find a "white boy" at the center of it:

— Columbine. "April 20, 1999: Students Eric Harris, 18, and Dylan Klebold, 17, opened fire at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colo., killing 12 classmates and a teacher and wounding 26 others before killing themselves in the school's library."

— Luby's Cafeteria. "Oct. 16, 1991: A deadly shooting rampage took place in Killeen, Texas, as George Hennard opened fire at a Luby's Cafeteria, killing 23 people before taking his own life. 20 others were wounded in the attack."

— GMAC. "June 18, 1990: James Edward Pough shoots people at random in a General Motors Acceptance Corp. office in Jacksonville, Fla., killing 10 and wounding four, before killing himself."

— Oklahoma Post Office. "Aug. 20, 1986: Pat Sherrill, 44, a postal worker who was about to be fired, kills 14 people at a post office in Edmond, Okla. He then kills himself."

— McDonald's. "July 18, 1984: James Oliver Huberty, an out-of-work security guard, kills 21 people in a McDonald's restaurant in San Ysidro, Calif. A police sharpshooter kills Huberty."

— University of Texas. "Aug. 1, 1966: Charles Whitman opened fire from the clock tower at the University of Texas at Austin, killing 16 people and wounding 31."

With "blacks" it tends to be personal (and just as stupid), you know one-on-one, and nobody can shoot straight, thereby hitting innocents! Now I said that to say this ...

Republicans promote a heavily-armed society where everyone carries powerful automatic weapons in their day-to-day life. They support a massively-useless military--which they are willing to use regardless of cost or consequence. Their pro-gun, pro-military stance represents a paranoid world view which seems to transcend reasonable fears: I don't feel I need a Glock to go buy groceries or when going to work or to the movies. Taken together, the violent tendencies of Republicans transcend political belief and land in the zone of mental illness. Don't you think these types of attitudes filter down into the general population with the aforementioned effects? Let me put it to you this way. Does anyone remember Roy Rogers? He was "King" of the singing Cowboys back in the '50s. He was so popular that even as a black child me and my buddies would run around the neighborhood playing Cowboys and Indians with our toy guns ....

Here's the thing; Roy Rogers carried two six-shooters, had a dog named "Bullet" and a horse named "Trigger".
You tell me what's wrong with that picture?

[weedouthate]

The candle light vigil has very deep, yet untapped spiritual roots, that can actually give us means to weed out this kind of hatred once and for all. The wax of the candle represents our collective intention to weed out and compost the evil instincts and inclinations within society that are continually pressing against us, to bring us out of our complacency. These evil forces, once weeded out composted, function as spiritual bio-fuel that allows our heavenly intensiion to flame. This is our connection with God, Nature, and each other. The movie theatre rampage is so horrific that it strengthens our inner resolve to combat these inclinations within ourselves. Together we ignite our inner candles that fuse with each other and God. Let's weed out hate and sow the seeds of peace.