Weeks after Florida school shooting, US church holds commitment ceremony featuring AR-15 rifles
Dozens of US couples donned crowns and cradled guns at a controversial commitment ceremony in a Pennsylvania church on Wednesday
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Dozens of US couples donned crowns and cradled guns at a controversial commitment ceremony in a Pennsylvania church on Wednesday. AP
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With state police and a smattering of protesters standing watch outside the church, couples brought dozens of unloaded AR-15s rifles into World Peace and Unification Sanctuary for a religious event that doubled as an advertisement for the Second Amendment. AP
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The weapon was checked at the door and secured with a zip tie. The church believes the AR-15 symbolises the “rod of iron” in the book of Revelation, and encouraged couples to bring the weapons. AP
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Some worshippers also wore crowns made out of bullets. Tim Elder, Unification Sanctuary’s director of world missions, said the ceremony was meant to be a blessing of couples, not inanimate objects, calling the AR-15 a religious accouterment. AP
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The event took place two weeks after Florida shooting in which a a 19-year-old used an AR-15 to kill 17 students and school staff in Parkland, Florida prompting Donald Trump suggesting the possibility of arming teachers. AP
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