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Episode: The Reverend Moon, the AR 15 Church, and the Republican Party
Description: Back in the early 1990s, the Unification Church demanded an apology from a brash real-estate mogul they accused of using the church as âa scare tacticâ in a âmorally reprehensibleâ effort to get Palm Beach, Florida, officials to grant his zoning wishes. But that religious sect, founded by Sun Myung Moon â and thus often derisively called the âMooniesâ â has apparently since made amends with that owner of Mar-a-Lago. Now his son is leading a dangerous movement in MAGA Nation through his church--which often features AR 15s in worship rituals.Brian Kaylor, Word&Way Editor & President since 2016, is an award-winning wri...