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The Christ Presbyterian pastor, the Reverend Galen Lex Sorey (born November 23, 1949), called Amoroso "a phenomenal public servant. But above all else, he was a servant of God ... when Buddy drew his last breath out there on Highway 66, immediately, he was in the presence of the Lord.” Sorey termed Amoroso’s death a triumph because death does not have the final word and that Amoroso is now nestled in the hands of [[Jesus Christ|Jesus]]. Belief in the resurrection, said Sorey, is the only comfort in losing Amoroso. The pastor beckoned the small crowd at the graveside service to respond when he yelled, “Alleluia, Christ is risen.” Amoroso is interred at Resthaven Gardens of Memory in Baton Rouge.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/article_8d6319ac-7fd5-11e8-bb45-578ca7ab3290.html|title=Pastor at Buddy Amoroso's funeral service: 'Above all else, he was a servant of God'|author=Andrea Gallo|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=July 6, 2018|accessdate=July 7, 2018}}</ref>
The Christ Presbyterian pastor, the Reverend Galen Lex Sorey (born November 23, 1949), called Amoroso "a phenomenal public servant. But above all else, he was a servant of God ... when Buddy drew his last breath out there on Highway 66, immediately, he was in the presence of the Lord.” Sorey termed Amoroso’s death a triumph because death does not have the final word and that Amoroso is now nestled in the hands of [[Jesus Christ|Jesus]]. Belief in the resurrection, said Sorey, is the only comfort in losing Amoroso. The pastor beckoned the small crowd at the graveside service to respond when he yelled, “Alleluia, Christ is risen.” Amoroso is interred at Resthaven Gardens of Memory in Baton Rouge.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/article_8d6319ac-7fd5-11e8-bb45-578ca7ab3290.html|title=Pastor at Buddy Amoroso's funeral service: 'Above all else, he was a servant of God'|author=Andrea Gallo|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=July 6, 2018|accessdate=July 7, 2018}}</ref>
Jeffrey Dennis Sadow, a [[conservative]] blogger who teaches political science at Louisiana State University in [[Shreveport]], said that the Amoroso tragedy calls for greater emphasis on bicycle paths and safety.
The League of American Bicyclists, notes Sadow, gives Louisiana "good marks when it comes to laws and policies that support bicycling safety. … But while the legal environment promotes safe biking, the state fails to follow through in other ways. Louisiana ranks below average on evaluation and planning and on education and encouragement, and its infrastructure and funding efforts don’t impress the League. Some of the lowest scoring comes in spending, both in use of federal transportation money to create safer biking and willingness to integrate cycling into designing and building."<ref name=sadow>{{cite web|url=https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/opinion/jeff_sadow/article_69c29f26-8053-11e8-909c-8bb1cac58d21.html|title=Amoroso's death highlights need for needs better bike safety enforcement in Louisiana|author=Jeffrey Dennis Sadow|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=July 7, 2018|accessdate=July 9, 2018}}</ref> Sadow said too that while "money matters ... altering attitudes best addresses this problem. Simple, inexpensive behavioral change can prevent senseless, needless tragedies like that which befell Amoroso."<ref name=sadow/>
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