Locals express sympathy (Amish school killings)

[icymist]

Oct 6, 2006 — Leslie Marks said she saw a rainbow Tuesday morning that made her think it was the gateway for the innocents fatally shot Monday morning in their Amish school.
Charles Carl Roberts IV took the one-room school house hostage, tied the feet of its young girls, shot them in a burst of gunfire, then shot and killed himself.

"I feel bad for Mr. Roberts' family," Marks said. "They are not to blame."

She planned to donate 6 percent of Thursday's profits from her Majikal Munchkin stand at the Markets of Shrewsbury to a fund set up by the market for the victims.

Marks came to York County from Baltimore six months ago. She remarked how the first thought of most victims of such a crime would be to sue the family. Instead, some Amish people had visited Roberts' wife and assured her that her family remained welcome in the community.

"Here, they are such good people they are willing to forgive," Marks said.

The Amish beliefs differ little from hers, said Marks, a pagan.

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[AnnieBW]

1. Wow...

Good for the local Pagans!