Colorado Springs shooting highlights city’s conflicted past
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A cross for one of the five victims of a mass shooting at Club Q, a gay nightclub, stands amid a makeshift memorial on Tuesday, Nov. 22, in Colorado Springs, Colo. With a growing and diversifying population, the city nestled at the foothills of the Rockies is a patchwork of disparate social and cultural fabrics. But last weekend’s shooting has raised uneasy questions about the lasting legacy of cultural conflicts that caught fire decades ago and gave Colorado Springs a reputation as a cauldron of religion-infused conservatism, where LGBTQ people didn't fit in with the most vocal community leaders' idea of family values3/16
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In this aerial image taken with a drone, a rainbow flag is unfurled at City Hall Wednesday, Nov. 23, in Colorado Springs, Colo.4/16
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The steeple of a Mormon church rises above a neighborhood in Colorado Springs, Colo., on Wednesday, Nov. 23. The city is a place full of art shops and breweries; megachurches and military bases; a liberal arts college and the Air Force Academy. For years it's marketed itself as an outdoorsy boomtown with a population set to top Denver's by 2050.5/16
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Jack Rasmusson, chaplain coordinator for the Billy Graham Rapid Response Team, works his way through the crowd at a memorial outside Club Q in Colorado Springs, Colo., on Wednesday, Nov. 23.6/16
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Jack Rasmusson, chaplain coordinator for the Billy Graham Rapid Response Team, prays with shooting victim James Slaugh at a memorial outside Club Q in Colorado Springs, Colo., on Wednesday, Nov. 23.7/16
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A cross at the Calvary United Methodist Church about a mile from Club Q in Colorado Springs, Colo., on Wednesday, Nov. 23. The church stood in solidarity with the gay nightclub after a gunman opened fire and killed five people there Saturday night.8/16
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A sign at the Calvary United Methodist Church about a mile from Club Q in Colorado Springs, Colo., on Wednesday, Nov. 23.9/16
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A religious plaque at a memorial outside Club Q in Colorado Springs, Colo., on Wednesday, Nov. 23.10/16
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Religious votive candles are wrapped in gay pride rainbow colors at a memorial outside Club Q in Colorado Springs, Colo., on Wednesday, Nov. 23.11/16
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Austin Wilmarth, outreach coordinator for the Colorado Springs Vet Center, attaches a gay pride flag to a mobile counseling center near Club Q in Colorado Springs, Colo., on Wednesday, Nov. 23.12/16
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Counselors Katie Tousley, left, Austin Wilmarth, center; and John Shamy, right, sit inside a mobile outreach center near Club Q on Wednesday, Nov. 23. The center, which is run by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, offered services to veterans, service members and the community following a shooting at the gay night club that killed five people Saturday night.13/16
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In this aerial image taken with a drone, an American flag and prisoner-of-war/missing-in-action flag fly over buildings in downtown Colorado Springs, Colo, Wednesday, Nov. 23.14/16
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The Garden of the Gods is seen in morning light Wednesday, Nov. 23, in Colorado Springs, Colo.15/16
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Hikers pause to enjoy the view at Garden of the Gods Wednesday, Nov. 23, in Colorado Springs, Colo.16/16
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Bumper stickers on a pickup in downtown Colorado Springs, Colo., on Wednesday, Nov. 23.
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