Mormons, Victims of Michigan Shooting, Start Fundraising Efforts for Killer’s Family

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, or LDS, is better known by most as the Mormons. The general perception most have of the church is that they don’t drink coffee or hot tea, and young men tooling around town on bikes wearing white shirts, ties, and name tags. 

I have a lot of friends who are LDS, and when I heard about the attack at a Mormon church in Michigan, especially with it potentially being a targeted attack against them, I felt awful. I stand with my LDS friends because, well, they’re good people. I might not share their religious beliefs, but I judge them by their actions.

They were targeted, and the response of a lot of people isn’t to focus on the attack itself, but to say that Mormons aren’t really Christian.

I’m not a theologian. I’m not even a particularly good Christian.

But I think getting into that is in poor taste, especially since at least one Mormon showed a whole lot more Christian charity than all of those attacking the religion.

The family of [Killer’s name redacted], the shooter who killed four people in an attack on a church in Michigan, says they’ve been overwhelmed with gratitude for the outpouring of love and support they’ve received from the members of the faith their family member targeted.

As of Wednesday evening, members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have collectively raised more than $225,000 for Sanford’s widow and his son, who has a rare genetic disorder that requires costly healthcare.

The fundraising campaign has gone viral, with mostly members of The Church of Jesus Christ from across the globe donating to the family of the man who, according to friends, hated their church, called them “the anti-Christ” and just days ago burned down one of their chapels and killed four of their fellow members.

Katie Hamilton, Sanford’s sister, told Fox News her family is overwhelmed with gratitude for the love and support they’ve received from the Latter-day Saint community.

“I don’t have words right now to express when I saw what you as a community have done and remembered us as a family in this situation,” she said in a statement shared with Fox News.

David Butler, who launched the GiveSendGo effort, said he was inspired to help the Sanford family because it’s what his faith teaches.

“To be a follower of Jesus Christ is caring for people who can’t care for themselves,” Butler said. 

Seeing the name of the man who kicked off the fundraiser was interesting. You see, when I mentioned those LDS friends? Dave there is one of them. For the record, he’s also a hell of an author. Check out his Witchy Eye series. It’s really good.

What Dave and those who have contributed have done is extend a level of grace that, frankly, I don’t know that I could show.

Yes, the family did nothing wrong. They’re victims of this guy’s actions, too. They’ll forever wear the mantle of his actions. They’ll be branded as the wife or kids of a mass murderer. They may face ostracism because of it.

For the group that was the targeted victims of this attack to reach out like this is something I don’t know that I could have even considered for the family of the man who killed my friend. Clearly, Dave is a good man, which I already knew, but I didn’t realize how good a man he is.

The killer did something terrible. Unless his family was somehow involved–and there’s absolutely no evidence to suggest they were–there’s no reason they should suffer even more than what this bastard has already put them through.

Much respect for this.

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