Commentary Senator Kirk Statement on Anti-Gay Terrorist Attack at Florida Nightclub by Press on June 13, 2016 Press Author More in Commentary: Heteronormativity: Grappling with Straight Privilege March 24, 2026 Former Park Forest Mayor Ostenburg Implores Chicago Cardinal Cupich to Care for St. Irenaeus Property December 16, 2025 An Angel Now Guards Our Friends in Blue: Park Forest Mourns the Loss of #204, Detective Tim Jones December 4, 2025 WASHINGTON– (ENEWSPF)–June 13, 2016. U.S. Senator Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) issued the following statement after a gunman, who reportedly pledged allegiance to ISIS, killed 50 people and injured at least 53 more at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida: