John Arthur, Warrior, has passed away.

Calling someone a warrior who has never gone to war is just wrong. Same thing when football players talk about going into "battle"

No you're not... No you didn't... No one was trying to kill you... You didn't have to try to take someone's life... It just ain't so...

In no way does it demean whatever he accomplished in his life but that term just doesn't apply.

People battle addictions; they fight for equality;my mother was in a war against lung cancer for quite some years. And so on. But don't take my word for it, check the dictionary:

http://m.dictionary.com/definition/warrior?linkid=ibc5yn&srcpage=home&site=dictwap

warrior[ wawr-ee-er, wawr-yer, wor-ee-er, wor-yer ]
noun
1. a person engaged or experienced in warfare; soldier.
2. a person who shows or has shown great vigor, courage, or aggressiveness, as in politics or athletics.

Ignorant as well.

There aren't many statistics on the exact numbers but in 2011 30 people were killed for being LGBTQ. I suspect there are more that aren't reported in that manner.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/02/anti-gay-hate-crimes-murders-national-coalition-of-anti-violence-programs_n_1564885.html

Gay people get the shit beat out of us all the time for just being gay. It's still legal in most states to openly discriminate against us, fire us from our jobs, deny us housing...

No, we're not fighting a war at all.

There are many levels to war and killing someone or being killed doesn't always mean a war isn't being fought.

I still disagree but obviously no one is gong to force you one way or another.

On an unrelated note, 28 folks died from lightning strikes last years as well. http://www.lightningsafety.noaa.gov/fatalities12.htm