Friends in high places, Rev Moon gives $250,000 to Bush...

[whistle]

...inaguration festivities:

<snip>

January 18, 2005 ::
Rev. Moon “funnels” $250,000 for Bush inaugural bash
Rev. Moon, purported “Messiah” and "cult leader" of the Unification Church has “funneled” $250,000 to help pay for President Bush’s inaugural festivities reports John Gorenfeld of I approve this messiah.com.

The $250,000 cash contribution, which represents the limit set for such gifts, comes from the Moon-controlled Washington Television Center.

The Center is a $55 million dollar building at 650 Massachusetts Ave. in Washington D.C. and it is home to such Moon-controlled enterprises as Atlantic Video and the “Nostalgia Network,” now known as “American Life TV.”

Apparently another tenant is the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms (BATF), which may be a good fit considering that the Moon family is also in the gun business.

The Bushes do have a long-standing and fruitful relationship with Rev. Moon, which is why the South Korean religious leader makes it a point to attend their inaugurations and he can count on good seats.
<more>

http://www.cultnews.com/archives/week_2005_01_16.html

[Tesla]

1. I often wonder why Democrats didn't make this more of an issue

during the election.
They should have (or should) investigate this a little further and see where it goes.

I read about his "crowning" over a year ago!

I think this is crazy!!!!!!!


It makes you wonder , why Iran and not N. Korea??

We know what they have and are threatening us with.

Something is fishy!!!!

[paineinthearse]

3. DYI

You pose the question: "I often wonder why Democrats didn't make this more of an issue".

That will not happen. It is up to people like you and me to bring this to the public's attention.

An opportunity arose yesterday and will again. Watch the CSPAN Journal schedule. Whenever a reporter from the Washington Times is a guest, start the education process by phoning in to ask if the Post's reporting is biased due to its ownership.

[whistle]

7. The repukes sure did when Gore went to the Buddhist temple...

...prior to the 2000 campaign.

[paineinthearse]

2. Bush is a moonie

"The Bushes do have a long-standing and fruitful relationship with Rev. Moon, which is why the South Korean religious leader makes it a point to attend their inaugurations and he can count on good seats."

Like his "lost years" when shrub became a cult member?

[sendero]

4. Funny....

... yesterday a young man walked into my place of business. I was in the front office, along with a couple other guys.

He immediately introduced himself as being from Chile and on a fundraising mission for the Unification Church.

I told him "you are not going to have any luck here, I'm not a fan of the the Reverend Moon".

He looked sort of dumbfounded and hurt at the same time. You could tell he was struggling for a rejoinder, but he couldn't come up with one. He said goodbye and left.

I felt good :)

[Ian David]

5. My encounters with moonies

1) My freshman year in college, I placed an ad in a magazine to offer videography services. I got a call from a church group and went for an interview. It turns out they didn't REALLY want me to do a video for them. They waned to recruit me for some international youth thing and I was "welcome to bring my camera."

2) The next year, some guys were trying to sell expensive stereo speakers from a van parked in front of my dorm. Our college newspaper did a story about them and their connection to the moonies.

3) Later that same year, while I was home for summer vacation, some guys in a van stopped next to me at a red light and signaled me to roll down my window. They wanted to sell me stereo speakers.

In both cases they said their boss had received more speakers than he had ordered, and that "nobody would miss them" if they sold them to me.

[Ian David]

6. Bush and the Moonies

Bush supports cross-hating movement
President's father also praises work of Rev. Moon-linked clergy group
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=42039

Both President Bush and his father have expressed their support for a group of
mostly black church leaders that endorses the practice of throwing the cross
into the trash – literally.

pastors led ceremonies where traditional sanctuary crosses were tossed into
dumpsters. Over 100 crosses reportedly were trashed.
http://gadflyer.com/articles/?ArticleID=258
http://www.aclc.info/

Writes Gorenfeld, "This , movement leaders said, cleared the way
for a new age and second messiah."

Last week, the movement's leaders presided over a Washington prayer breakfast
featuring messages of thanks from both Bush presidents.

<snip>

Rev. Sun Myung Moon, the founder of the Unification Church
who was dubbed the king of peace at a coronation ceremony in the Dirksen Senate
Office Building earlier this year.
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=38947



Pastor John Kingara of Worcester, Mass., throws his church's cross in the
dumpster.


"The fact that the cross is a symbol of division, shame,
suffering and bloodshed prove that it is not of God but Satan.

<snip>

The columnist says Bush sent a "warm letter" of support presented at the
breakfast by a state senator, in which the president and first lady sent best
wishes to the sponsors -- and thanked them for rallying his "armies of
compassion."

-----------------
Related stories:

Rev. Moon holds coronation at Capitol
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=38947

Moon is no messiah
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=39389

-------------------

October 05, 2004
Harvest Moon: Controversial Evangelist Reaps 'Faith-Based' Windfall

At least four operatives of the Rev. Sun Myung Moon's Unification Church are on
the federal payroll or getting government grants through President George W.
Bush's "Healthy Marriage Initiative" and other "faith-based" programs.

An investigative report by the San Francisco Chronicle found troubling
connections between a government - sponsored "Certified Marriage Education
Training Seminar" and Moon front groups. The Oakland seminar was led by
Josephine Hauer, a graduate of Moon's Unification Theological Seminary in New
York and a "marriage specialist" in the employ of the U.S. Department of Health
and Human Services.

While Hauer promoted "healthy marriage culture" as a federal employee , critics
are concerned about her connection to Moon's organizations. Before working at
HHS, she directed the marriage education program at the University of
Bridgeport which was taken over by a Moon group in 1992.

The three-day government seminar awarded certificates to participants issued by
her former university.
<snip>
...Moon spent a year in federal prison after being convicted of
income tax evasion.
<snip>

In addition to money from the "Healthy Marriage Initiative," Moon's Free Teens
USA has received $475,000 from the Health Resources and Services
Administration, a division of HHS, to run abstinence - education programs. Free
Teens USA has been criticized for espousing Unification Church tenets,
specifically the emphasis on blood lineage.

<snip>

Moon has also donated $1 million to the George H.W. Bush presidential library
and has paid the former president exorbitant speaking fees.
<snip>
Just before George W. Bush's inauguration, John Ashcroft attended Moon's
Inaugural Prayer Luncheon for Unity and Renewal. In December of 2002, James
Towey, director of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community
Initiatives, delivered the keynote address at Moon's three-day God and World
Peace summit.

George W. Bush has also appointed a top official for Moon in Washington to head
AmeriCorps VISTA.

Earlier this year, a bipartisan group of congressional members attended a
coronation event for Moon in the Dirksen Senate Office Building.

<snip>
http://blog.au.org/2004/10/harvest_moon160.html
-- Sam Felder

----------------

On March 23, *2004*, the Reverend Sun Myung Moon,
leader of the international Unification Church (whose followers
are commonly called “Moonies”), was “crowned” at
the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C.,
regal robes and all.

When George W. Bush was sworn into office, Moon’s
Washington Times Foundation threw an Interfaith Inaugural
Prayer Luncheon featuring 1,700 religious leaders,
public officials, and religious right operatives, including
then-Senator John Ashcroft, Representative Davis, Southern
Baptist Convention President James Merritt, televangelist
Jerry Falwell, and Pat Boone.

Some of Moon’s most active political organizers
have gained government positions in *George W. Bush’s*
administration. For example, David Caprara, former leader
of the American Family Coalition (AFC), a faith-based
social action group whose funding comes straight from the
Washington Times Foundation and the Unification Church,
was appointed in 2001 as director of AmeriCorps Vista,
which works with community organizations in low-income
neighborhoods.

Another Unification Church–affiliated individual singled
out for promotion by George W Bush is Josette Shiner, who was
appointed U.S. Deputy Trade Representative in 2003.

<snip>
Governor George W. Bush sent a congratulatory letter to the Moonie founded
"Women's Federation For World Peace" when they held a large banquet in the
Governor's state of Texas, according to the October 1996 Unification News.


Moon's groups have taken home grant money from the Bush Administration, which
has given his anti-sex missionaries $475,000 in Abstinence-Only dollars to
bring Moon's crusade against "free sex" to both black New Jersey high-schoolers
and native Africans. The Centers for Disease Control briefly announced that
another Moon foundation was the only group qualified to receive another, no-bid
grant for HIV education in Africa.
<snip>
http://gadflyer.com/articles/?ArticleID=131

----------
From:
http://www.thehumanist.org/

Anyone can proclaim to be the messiah. It’s easy:
find a public place, a corner outside a liquor store,
a city square, and start preaching the gospel. Provided
such individuals are not inciting violence, they’re
entertaining and, at most, mildly annoying when pestering
passersby for change. One can’t really argue with people
who are convinced they are the next Jesus Christ; they will
continue to believe whatever they want to believe.
However, it’s highly unlikely that a self-proclaimed
messiah will get enough attention to get, say, crowned.
Especially not in a ceremony with members of the U.S. Congress
present. Especially not in a Senate office building.
Right?

It’s amazing how much “respect” money can buy
these days.

On March 23, 2004, the Reverend Sun Myung Moon,
leader of the international Unification Church (whose followers
are commonly called “Moonies”), was “crowned” at
the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C.,
regal robes and all. The event created a media stir in June,
three months after the fact, but Moon’s influence goes much
deeper than the duping of a few senators. Using the millions
of dollars he’s made through thousands of front groups,
Moon has infiltrated the U.S. government, media, and even
public schools in order to further the agenda of what many
critics call a cult religion.

The crowns were technically “Crowns of Peace,” and
the ceremony claimed to be an awards banquet for interfaith
religious leaders actively working to bridge gaps
between beliefs. Several Christian, Jewish, and Muslim
leaders were honored in addition to Moon, but the difference
was that they wore suits while the reverend and his
wife were decked out in robes. He also preached about his
being the messiah and about Stalin and Hitler posthumously
recognizing him as such.

When George W. Bush was sworn into office, Moon’s
Washington Times Foundation threw an Interfaith Inaugural
Prayer Luncheon featuring 1,700 religious leaders,
public officials, and religious right operatives, including
then-Senator John Ashcroft, Representative Davis, Southern
Baptist Convention President James Merritt, televangelist
Jerry Falwell, and Pat Boone.

When Moon launched the Tiempos del Mundo newspaper in Buenos
Aires, Argentina, the elder Bush spoke at the conference
dinner.

In the late 1970s, Jerry Falwell went on
record to say that Moon’s church exploits children, yet
changed his views when a Unification front group gave him
$3.5 million in 1994 to bail out his rapidly sinking Liberty
University.


With Bush’s faith-based initiative came funding for religious
abstinence-only education. One of the recipients of a
Some of Moon’s most active political organizers
have gained government positions in George W.Bush’s
administration.

The rest of the article is at:
http://www.thehumanist.org/humanist/articles/KaplanSeptOct04.pdf

Lawmakers attend Moon ‘coronation’ in Dirksen
By James Kirchick

Coronations are not everyday occurrences on Capitol Hill — the Capitol being the
people’s house, an indelible symbol of the republic, etc.

So it’s odd that a man was crowned in the Dirksen Senate Office Building earlier
this year in the presence of several lawmakers and that the event is only now
drawing attention.
<snip>
The invitation for the event lists Davis, Weldon and Bartlett and Reps. Sanford
Bishop (D-Ga.), Chris Cannon (R-Utah) and Harold Ford Jr. (D-Tenn.) as
“Congressional Co-Chairs.” Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Reps. Tom Davis
(R-Va.) and Phil Crane (R-Ill.) and GOP consultant Charlie Black were listed as
members of the “Host Committee.”

http://www.hillnews.com/news/062204/moon.aspx

------
Where in Washington, D.C. is Sun Myung Moon?
http://www.gorenfeld.net/blog/2004/05/im-and-i-approve-this-messiah.html

That didn't take long. After members of Congress invited Sun Myung Moon into the
Dirksen Senate Office Building Mar. 23 (as covered exclusively on this blog;
here's the impressive guest list), where he was crowned the Messiah, his
movement was quick to incorporate images of the event in this movie Windows
Media link about Moon's accomplishments. It's the best footage yet of this
remarkable Washington Times event. (This Quicktime movie in English is also
excellent, and more accessible.)

Above 12:30 into the Windows Media link, there's a shot of Congress, emphasizing
that this is the peak of the Times publisher's glory:
http://www.gorenfeld.net/blog//2004_04_01_barchive.html#108299793578338640
http://www.gorenfeld.net/blog/2004/05/back-from-memory-hole.html
http://www.gorenfeld.net/blog/2004/06/bit-torrent-and-censored-senate-office.html

Moon's ideas promoted on the floor of Congress
http://www.gorenfeld.net/blog//2004_04_01_barchive.html#108243081677230106


..Also interesting is that the theme of Moon's campaign since last Easter has
been "trade your cross for a crown"; he convinced a number of pastors to "take
down the cross" (and put it out with the garbage). This means that he's been
advocating swapping the traditional symbol of Christianity for...King Moon?
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=trade+cross+for+crown&btnG=Search



-------
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=38947
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=39389
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=42039

http://gadflyer.com/articles/?ArticleID=131
http://gadflyer.com/articles/?ArticleID=258

http://www.aclc.info/
http://blog.au.org/2004/10/harvest_moon160.html
http://www.thehumanist.org/humanist/articles/KaplanSeptOct04.pdf


http://www.gorenfeld.net/blog/2004/05/im-and-i-approve-this-messiah.html
http://www.gorenfeld.net/blog//2004_04_01_barchive.html#108299793578338640
http://www.gorenfeld.net/blog/2004/05/back-from-memory-hole.html
http://www.gorenfeld.net/blog/2004/06/bit-torrent-and-censored-senate-office.html


A Moon for the misbegotten
... Angela Sowa, Weldon's press secretary, said her boss didn't realize Moon
would
be at the Dirksen event and left before Moon took the stage. ...
www.post-gazette.com/pg/04179/337795.stm - 21k - Cached - Similar pages

It's the 'second coming' and we almost missed it
... On March 23 at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, Moon
declared
himself the messiah. Of the dozens of politicians ...
www.post-gazette.com/pg/04174/335695.stm - 17k - Cached - Similar pages
More results from www.post-gazette.com

Rev. Moon holds coronation at Capitol
Religious leader says he's here to 'save the world's 6 billion people'
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=38947


Testimony at the Hearing on Religious Freedom,
Tuesday, June 26, 1984, Washington DC,
Senate Hearing Room, Dirksen Senate Office Building.
http://www.unification.org/ucbooks/Mspks/1984/840626.html


Dr. Hak Ja Han Moon
to Speak in 25 US Cities, 80 Worldwide
Senator Orrin Hatch introduced her to the audience of US Senators, Congressmen,
their aides and other dignitaries on Capital Hill in the Dirksen Senate Office
Building. The culmination of the American tour came when Mrs. Moon spoke to
Ambassadors, counselors, attaches, UN representatives and other prominent
guests in Conference at the United Nations. His Excellency Stoyan Ganev,
President of the United Nations General Assembly, introduced her. Ambassadors
from 67 nations were in attendance with nearly 100 nations represented in
total.
http://www.unification.org/ucbooks/990301hjh.html


And finally, here is one of the most complete articles on the corronation of
Moon:
Syung Mung Moon Crowned King in US Senate Building

Well - apparently America really is a Christian Nation - but it's the Moonies
who have officially been chosen by the US Government to be the official state
religion. On March 23rd 2004 Moon was officially crowned messiah by Congress in
the Senate Dirksen Office Building.




What's scary is - why don't you see this in the news media? Maybe this is why it
feels like America is one big cult - because it is! America is being run by the
Moonies and they own a lot of Americas press uncluding United Press
International (UPI) and The Washington Times. When the government crowns Sun
Myung Moon king, (Moon spokesman explains moon corination cerimony - windows
media format) recognizes Moon as messiah, and supports his campaign to replace
the Cross with the Crown - don't you think that Christians would want to know
that?


<snip>
America, he said, was on the road to its doom. Why? "Homo marriage."
<snip>
Here's a link that will shock the fuck out of you - especially if you are a
Christian. Democrat, Republican push Moon's dreams on the floor of Congress
(Footage of publisher's coronation speech at Dirksen Senate Office Building)
http://www.gorenfeld.net/blog//2004_04_01_barchive.html#108243081677230106


http://marc.perkel.com/archives/000272.html




Bush supports cross-hating movement
President's father also praises work of Rev. Moon-linked clergy group
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=42039

Both President Bush and his father have expressed their support for a group of
mostly black church leaders that endorses the practice of throwing the cross
into the trash – literally.

pastors led ceremonies where traditional sanctuary crosses were tossed into
dumpsters. Over 100 crosses reportedly were trashed.
http://gadflyer.com/articles/?ArticleID=258
http://www.aclc.info/

Writes Gorenfeld, "This {cross removal}, movement leaders said, cleared the way
for a new age and second messiah."

Last week, the movement's leaders presided over a Washington prayer breakfast
featuring messages of thanks from both Bush presidents.

<snip>

Rev. Sun Myung Moon, the founder of the Unification Church
who was dubbed the king of peace at a coronation ceremony in the Dirksen Senate
Office Building earlier this year.
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=38947



Pastor John Kingara of Worcester, Mass., throws his church's cross in the
dumpster.


"The fact that the cross is a symbol of division, shame,
suffering and bloodshed prove that it is not of God but Satan.

<snip>

The columnist says Bush sent a "warm letter" of support presented at the
breakfast by a state senator, in which the president and first lady sent best
wishes to the sponsors -- and thanked them for rallying his "armies of
compassion."

-----------------
Related stories:

Rev. Moon holds coronation at Capitol
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=38947

Moon is no messiah
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=39389

-------------------

October 05, 2004
Harvest Moon: Controversial Evangelist Reaps 'Faith-Based' Windfall

At least four operatives of the Rev. Sun Myung Moon's Unification Church are on
the federal payroll or getting government grants through President George W.
Bush's "Healthy Marriage Initiative" and other "faith-based" programs.

An investigative report by the San Francisco Chronicle found troubling
connections between a government - sponsored "Certified Marriage Education
Training Seminar" and Moon front groups. The Oakland seminar was led by
Josephine Hauer, a graduate of Moon's Unification Theological Seminary in New
York and a "marriage specialist" in the employ of the U.S. Department of Health
and Human Services.

While Hauer promoted "healthy marriage culture" as a federal employee , critics
are concerned about her connection to Moon's organizations. Before working at
HHS, she directed the marriage education program at the University of
Bridgeport which was taken over by a Moon group in 1992.

The three-day government seminar awarded certificates to participants issued by
her former university.
<snip>
...Moon spent a year in federal prison after being convicted of
income tax evasion.
<snip>

In addition to money from the "Healthy Marriage Initiative," Moon's Free Teens
USA has received $475,000 from the Health Resources and Services
Administration, a division of HHS, to run abstinence - education programs. Free
Teens USA has been criticized for espousing Unification Church tenets,
specifically the emphasis on blood lineage.

<snip>

Moon has also donated $1 million to the George H.W. Bush presidential library
and has paid the former president exorbitant speaking fees.
<snip>
Just before George W. Bush's inauguration, John Ashcroft attended Moon's
Inaugural Prayer Luncheon for Unity and Renewal. In December of 2002, James
Towey, director of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community
Initiatives, delivered the keynote address at Moon's three-day God and World
Peace summit.

George W. Bush has also appointed a top official for Moon in Washington to head
AmeriCorps VISTA.

Earlier this year, a bipartisan group of congressional members attended a
coronation event for Moon in the Dirksen Senate Office Building.

<snip>
http://blog.au.org/2004/10/harvest_moon160.html
-- Sam Felder

----------------

On March 23, *2004*, the Reverend Sun Myung Moon,
leader of the international Unification Church (whose followers
are commonly called “Moonies”), was “crowned” at
the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C.,
regal robes and all.

When George W. Bush was sworn into office, Moon’s
Washington Times Foundation threw an Interfaith Inaugural
Prayer Luncheon featuring 1,700 religious leaders,
public officials, and religious right operatives, including
then-Senator John Ashcroft, Representative Davis, Southern
Baptist Convention President James Merritt, televangelist
Jerry Falwell, and Pat Boone.

Some of Moon’s most active political organizers
have gained government positions in *George W. Bush’s*
administration. For example, David Caprara, former leader
of the American Family Coalition (AFC), a faith-based
social action group whose funding comes straight from the
Washington Times Foundation and the Unification Church,
was appointed in 2001 as director of AmeriCorps Vista,
which works with community organizations in low-income
neighborhoods.

Another Unification Church–affiliated individual singled
out for promotion by George W Bush is Josette Shiner, who was
appointed U.S. Deputy Trade Representative in 2003.

<snip>
Governor George W. Bush sent a congratulatory letter to the Moonie founded
"Women's Federation For World Peace" when they held a large banquet in the
Governor's state of Texas, according to the October 1996 Unification News.


Moon's groups have taken home grant money from the Bush Administration, which
has given his anti-sex missionaries $475,000 in Abstinence-Only dollars to
bring Moon's crusade against "free sex" to both black New Jersey high-schoolers
and native Africans. The Centers for Disease Control briefly announced that
another Moon foundation was the only group qualified to receive another, no-bid
grant for HIV education in Africa.
<snip>
http://gadflyer.com/articles/?ArticleID=131

----------
From:
http://www.thehumanist.org/

Anyone can proclaim to be the messiah. It’s easy:
find a public place, a corner outside a liquor store,
a city square, and start preaching the gospel. Provided
such individuals are not inciting violence, they’re
entertaining and, at most, mildly annoying when pestering
passersby for change. One can’t really argue with people
who are convinced they are the next Jesus Christ; they will
continue to believe whatever they want to believe.
However, it’s highly unlikely that a self-proclaimed
messiah will get enough attention to get, say, crowned.
Especially not in a ceremony with members of the U.S. Congress
present. Especially not in a Senate office building.
Right?

It’s amazing how much “respect” money can buy
these days.

On March 23, 2004, the Reverend Sun Myung Moon,
leader of the international Unification Church (whose followers
are commonly called “Moonies”), was “crowned” at
the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C.,
regal robes and all. The event created a media stir in June,
three months after the fact, but Moon’s influence goes much
deeper than the duping of a few senators. Using the millions
of dollars he’s made through thousands of front groups,
Moon has infiltrated the U.S. government, media, and even
public schools in order to further the agenda of what many
critics call a cult religion.

The crowns were technically “Crowns of Peace,” and
the ceremony claimed to be an awards banquet for interfaith
religious leaders actively working to bridge gaps
between beliefs. Several Christian, Jewish, and Muslim
leaders were honored in addition to Moon, but the difference
was that they wore suits while the reverend and his
wife were decked out in robes. He also preached about his
being the messiah and about Stalin and Hitler posthumously
recognizing him as such.

When George W. Bush was sworn into office, Moon’s
Washington Times Foundation threw an Interfaith Inaugural
Prayer Luncheon featuring 1,700 religious leaders,
public officials, and religious right operatives, including
then-Senator John Ashcroft, Representative Davis, Southern
Baptist Convention President James Merritt, televangelist
Jerry Falwell, and Pat Boone.

When Moon launched the Tiempos del Mundo newspaper in Buenos
Aires, Argentina, the elder Bush spoke at the conference
dinner.

In the late 1970s, Jerry Falwell went on
record to say that Moon’s church exploits children, yet
changed his views when a Unification front group gave him
$3.5 million in 1994 to bail out his rapidly sinking Liberty
University.


With Bush’s faith-based initiative came funding for religious
abstinence-only education. One of the recipients of a
Some of Moon’s most active political organizers
have gained government positions in George W.Bush’s
administration.

The rest of the article is at:
http://www.thehumanist.org/humanist/articles/KaplanSeptOct04.pdf

Lawmakers attend Moon ‘coronation’ in Dirksen
By James Kirchick

Coronations are not everyday occurrences on Capitol Hill — the Capitol being the
people’s house, an indelible symbol of the republic, etc.

So it’s odd that a man was crowned in the Dirksen Senate Office Building earlier
this year in the presence of several lawmakers and that the event is only now
drawing attention.
<snip>
The invitation for the event lists Davis, Weldon and Bartlett and Reps. Sanford
Bishop (D-Ga.), Chris Cannon (R-Utah) and Harold Ford Jr. (D-Tenn.) as
“Congressional Co-Chairs.” Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Reps. Tom Davis
(R-Va.) and Phil Crane (R-Ill.) and GOP consultant Charlie Black were listed as
members of the “Host Committee.”

http://www.hillnews.com/news/062204/moon.aspx

------
Where in Washington, D.C. is Sun Myung Moon?
http://www.gorenfeld.net/blog/2004/05/im-and-i-approve-this-messiah.html

That didn't take long. After members of Congress invited Sun Myung Moon into the
Dirksen Senate Office Building Mar. 23 (as covered exclusively on this blog;
here's the impressive guest list), where he was crowned the Messiah, his
movement was quick to incorporate images of the event in this movie Windows
Media link
about Moon's accomplishments. It's the best footage yet of this
remarkable Washington Times event. (This Quicktime movie in English is also
excellent, and more accessible.)

Above 12:30 into the Windows Media link, there's a shot of Congress, emphasizing
that this is the peak of the Times publisher's glory:
http://www.gorenfeld.net/blog//2004_04_01_barchive.html#108299793578338640
http://www.gorenfeld.net/blog/2004/05/back-from-memory-hole.html
http://www.gorenfeld.net/blog/2004/06/bit-torrent-and-censored-senate-office.html

Moon's ideas promoted on the floor of Congress
http://www.gorenfeld.net/blog//2004_04_01_barchive.html#108243081677230106


..Also interesting is that the theme of Moon's campaign since last Easter has
been "trade your cross for a crown"; he convinced a number of pastors to "take
down the cross" (and put it out with the garbage). This means that he's been
advocating swapping the traditional symbol of Christianity for...King Moon?
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=trade+cross+for+crown&btnG=Search



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http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=38947
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=39389
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=42039

http://gadflyer.com/articles/?ArticleID=131
http://gadflyer.com/articles/?ArticleID=258

http://www.aclc.info/
http://blog.au.org/2004/10/harvest_moon160.html
http://www.thehumanist.org/humanist/articles/KaplanSeptOct04.pdf


http://www.gorenfeld.net/blog/2004/05/im-and-i-approve-this-messiah.html
http://www.gorenfeld.net/blog//2004_04_01_barchive.html#108299793578338640
http://www.gorenfeld.net/blog/2004/05/back-from-memory-hole.html
http://www.gorenfeld.net/blog/2004/06/bit-torrent-and-censored-senate-office.html


A Moon for the misbegotten
... Angela Sowa, Weldon's press secretary, said her boss didn't realize Moon
would
be at the Dirksen event and left before Moon took the stage. ...
www.post-gazette.com/pg/04179/337795.stm - 21k - Cached - Similar pages

It's the 'second coming' and we almost missed it
... On March 23 at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, Moon
declared
himself the messiah. Of the dozens of politicians ...
www.post-gazette.com/pg/04174/335695.stm - 17k - Cached - Similar pages


Rev. Moon holds coronation at Capitol
Religious leader says he's here to 'save the world's 6 billion people'
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=38947


Testimony at the Hearing on Religious Freedom,
Tuesday, June 26, 1984, Washington DC,
Senate Hearing Room, Dirksen Senate Office Building.
http://www.unification.org/ucbooks/Mspks/1984/840626.html


Dr. Hak Ja Han Moon
to Speak in 25 US Cities, 80 Worldwide
Senator Orrin Hatch introduced her to the audience of US Senators, Congressmen,
their aides and other dignitaries on Capital Hill in the Dirksen Senate Office
Building. The culmination of the American tour came when Mrs. Moon spoke to
Ambassadors, counselors, attaches, UN representatives and other prominent
guests in Conference at the United Nations. His Excellency Stoyan Ganev,
President of the United Nations General Assembly, introduced her. Ambassadors
from 67 nations were in attendance with nearly 100 nations represented in
total.
http://www.unification.org/ucbooks/990301hjh.html


And finally, here is one of the most complete articles on the corronation of
Moon:
Syung Mung Moon Crowned King in US Senate Building

Well - apparently America really is a Christian Nation - but it's the Moonies
who have officially been chosen by the US Government to be the official state
religion. On March 23rd 2004 Moon was officially crowned messiah by Congress in
the Senate Dirksen Office Building.




What's scary is - why don't you see this in the news media? Maybe this is why it
feels like America is one big cult - because it is! America is being run by the
Moonies and they own a lot of Americas press uncluding United Press
International (UPI) and The Washington Times. When the government crowns Sun
Myung Moon king, (Moon spokesman explains moon corination cerimony - windows
media format) recognizes Moon as messiah, and supports his campaign to replace
the Cross with the Crown - don't you think that Christians would want to know
that?


<snip>
America, he said, was on the road to its doom. Why? "Homo marriage."
<snip>
Here's a link that will shock the fuck out of you - especially if you are a
Christian. Democrat, Republican push Moon's dreams on the floor of Congress
(Footage of publisher's coronation speech at Dirksen Senate Office Building)
http://www.gorenfeld.net/blog//2004_04_01_barchive.html#108243081677230106


http://marc.perkel.com/archives/000272.html