With crowns on their heads and AR-15s in their arms, couples exchange vows in pro-gun church
Dressed in wedding attire — but with crowns on their heads and assault-style rifles in their arms — dozens of couples went to a pro-gun Pennsylvania church for a commitment ceremony on Wednesday.
The couples — some of them renewing their vows while others were exchanging them for the first time — are worshipers at the World Peace and Unification Sanctuary, also known as the Sanctuary Church.
The church, in Newfoundland, Pa., is led by Hyung Jin Moon, who called on his followers to bring unloaded rifles to the ceremony.
According to the church, the rifles and the crowns (some made of bullets) are the “accoutrements of the nation of Cheon Il Guk” — the sovereign kingdom of heaven on earth, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center.
The crowns, says the church, represent the “sovereignty of Kings and Queens.”
The rifles — similar to the one used in the Florida massacre — are the “rod of iron” that symbolize defending one’s family and community.
So what does a mass wedding and vow-renewal ceremony with AR-15-style guns and tiaras look like?
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Dressed in wedding attire — but with crowns on their heads and assault-style rifles in their arms — dozens of couples went to a pro-gun Pennsylvania church for a commitment ceremony on Wednesday.
The couples — some of them renewing their vows while others were exchanging them for the first time — are worshipers at the World Peace and Unification Sanctuary, also known as the Sanctuary Church.
The church, in Newfoundland, Pa., is led by Hyung Jin Moon, who called on his followers to bring unloaded rifles to the ceremony.
According to the church, the rifles and the crowns (some made of bullets) are the “accoutrements of the nation of Cheon Il Guk” — the sovereign kingdom of heaven on earth, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center.
The crowns, says the church, represent the “sovereignty of Kings and Queens.”
The rifles — similar to the one used in the Florida massacre — are the “rod of iron” that symbolize defending one’s family and community.
So what does a mass wedding and vow-renewal ceremony with AR-15-style guns and tiaras look like?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2018/03/01/with-crowns-on-their-heads-and-ar-15s-in-their-arms-couples-exchange-vows-in-pro-gun-church/?utm_term=.85761d1ab408