Charleston Gunman's Sister Solicits Donations… For Her Wedding
LatestThe sister of Dylann Roof—the man who walked into a black church in Charleston, South Carolina and gunned down nine people during their bible study—is soliciting funds to pay for her wedding that was postponed following the tragedy.
Apparently the gross loss of black lives made Amber Roof’s wedding day a little too messy for her taste, so she and her fiancé cancelled. Now that the bodies of the victims have been cold for two weeks, they’ve decided to get this show on the road and set up (via NY Daily News) a Go Fund Me to pay for “A Fresh Start For Michael and Amber.”
I hope I speak for everyone when I say: fuck this wedding. Amber Roof writes:
As many of you know Michael and I had to abruptly cancel our wedding day, due to the tragedy that occurred in Charleston. June 21st was suppose to be the happiest day of our lives. It is the day every girl dreams of, it was the day we dreamed of. We had each other, we have the perfect venue, and we had our vows ready to be read. We were ready! We had planned out every detail for months and months. It was going to be the PERFECT day!
First of all, the tragedy didn’t “occur.” A mass murder was committed by your brother. Secondly, fuck your perfect day. Fuck the entitlement that led you to believe you deserve a perfect day while the families of the victims continue to mourn. Fuck the bullshit ideals of our society that led you to believe that a wedding day is the pinnacle of a woman’s time on earth and that because you decided to throw a big party, everyone around you must bend to your wishes.
Nobody is entitled to a “perfect wedding,” much less when it is conceivably a slap in the face to mourning families.
The Charleston Massacre took place and our lives were forever changed. The media abused our privacy and published all of our wedding information and destroyed our dream day. Destroying the first day of Michael and my life together.
We cancelled our wedding to protect our family and mourn the lives of those lost. Many friends and family members came into town and took time off of work to be there for us. We could not ask you to do that again.
The notion that “the media” ruined their wedding is truly batshit. Your brother destroyed your wedding. The idea that the day was ruined by “the media’s” invasion also seems to suggest that they might have considered going on with the wedding if they hadn’t been so inconvenienced. It should go without saying how sickening that would have been.