Armed with AR-15s, the Unification movement ‘expands God’s Kingdom’ to a Texas town
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Armed with AR-15s, the Unification movement ‘expands God’s Kingdom’ to a Texas town
Pastor Hyung Jin “Sean” Moon , son of the late Rev. Sun Myung Moon of the Unification movement, leads the church that’s buying a Lake Limestone RV park and marina near Groesbeck, east of Waco.
It’s been renamed from Running Branch Marina to “Liberty Rock.”
“Liberty Rock has now begun!” Moon told the Texas audience at a April opening, later mocking the movement’s derogatory 1970s nickname: “You are coming into the community of the Moonies, so to speak.”
Moon and worshippers also joined protests in Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C. , seeking to overturn the 2020 presidential election.
After a story Thursday in New York-based Vice.com headlined “Gun Church That Worships With AR-15s Bought a 40-Acre Campground in Texas for Its ‘Patriots,’ “ Limestone County Sheriff Murray Agnew paid the marina a visit.
“They are Second Amendment supporters, and they are conservative and Christian in their values and beliefs,” Agnew reported.
Agnew said he met the new marina operator and it’s “like any business.”
But before it was deleted late Friday, a GoFundMe page posted by a church official said Liberty Rock would “expand God’s Kingdom to the Western and Southern regions” with more than 100 campsites to draw “patriots from Texas and around the country.”
Brandon Moreland, a Limestone County resident near the nearby town of Thornton, wrote Thursday on a Lake Limestone Facebook page: “Whaaaaaaaat this is who bought Running Branch Marina??? ... We mostly all like guns in Texas, but our area is clearly being targeted.”
By phone Friday, Moreland said: “I think they looked at the politics and analytics of some kind and decided this was the place.”
Republican Party county Chairman Lance Phillips of Mexia said he had not heard of the ownership change.
“I haven’t had anybody complain,” he said.
Moon spoke at Liberty Rock as early as Feb. 6, according to a video on YouTube .
“We pray for President [Donald] Trump,” Moon told a handful of worshippers two weeks after Biden’s inauguration.
“We pray for all the patriots — we pray for all the people who will stand for goodness at this critical time and resist the devil.”
In April, Moon was in Texas again to open the marina for the season, complete with biker gear.
After warning worshipers to beware of “usurpers,” Moon said Biden is “the fake president. He is the usurper right now.”
Politically, Moon should feel right at home.
Limestone County voted 75% for Trump.
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After a story Thursday in New York-based Vice.com headlined “Gun Church That Worships With AR-15s Bought a 40-Acre Campground in Texas for Its ‘Patriots,’ “ Limestone County Sheriff Murray Agnew paid the marina a visit.
“They are Second Amendment supporters, and they are conservative and Christian in their values and beliefs,” Agnew reported.
Agnew said he met the new marina operator and it’s “like any business.”
But before it was deleted late Friday, a GoFundMe page posted by a church official said Liberty Rock would “expand God’s Kingdom to the Western and Southern regions” with more than 100 campsites to draw “patriots from Texas and around the country.”
Brandon Moreland, a Limestone County resident near the nearby town of Thornton, wrote Thursday on a Lake Limestone Facebook page: “Whaaaaaaaat this is who bought Running Branch Marina??? ... We mostly all like guns in Texas, but our area is clearly being targeted.”
By phone Friday, Moreland said: “I think they looked at the politics and analytics of some kind and decided this was the place.”
Republican Party county Chairman Lance Phillips of Mexia said he had not heard of the ownership change.
“I haven’t had anybody complain,” he said.
Moon spoke at Liberty Rock as early as Feb. 6, according to a video on YouTube .
“We pray for President [Donald] Trump,” Moon told a handful of worshippers two weeks after Biden’s inauguration.
“We pray for all the patriots — we pray for all the people who will stand for goodness at this critical time and resist the devil.”
In April, Moon was in Texas again to open the marina for the season, complete with biker gear.
After warning worshipers to beware of “usurpers,” Moon said Biden is “the fake president. He is the usurper right now.”
Politically, Moon should feel right at home.
Limestone County voted 75% for Trump.
There's gonna be a problem when these loonies find the Russian Orthodox who worship Kalashnikovs.
What a freakshow!
Are there any sane folks who support trumpturd?
I support what's called "Trumpism", but Trump himself should stand down and shut up
In the meantime, Biden should be impeached for aiding and abetting our enemies.
Someone's cheese has done slipped off of his cracker.
I believe you got it wrong. Tessy I think is a she.
Trumpism is Donald Trump, it is a cult of personality with him at the center. Hence why fealty to him is the top priority and criticizing him is sin numero uno.
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Gotta love those pink dresses and crowns.
Just what the US needs, more nut cases.
I do not see anything strange, here.
Millions of Americans worship guns.
They will fit right in down there is Texas, what could go wrong mixing gun-nuts and religious fanaticism...
Name something that they have done that is illegal.
Don’t think anyone is saying they did anything illegal...
Oversaturation. But, that is not illegal. So go for it - just keep it in Texas! They SAY everything is 'bigger' there, so Lord, don't let it out of the state of Texas-let Texas get everything it deserves good, bad, indifferent!
Clearly, these people are 'branding' themselves as not to be 'messed' with in Texas - er, 'fellow' Texans!
Fucking weirdos.
Texas: Home of the "patriots." In Texas guns own guns!
Anybody remember the nuclear bomb worshiping mutants in the move Beneath the Planet of the Apes....?
That or "Bring out the Holy Hand Grenade" from Monty Python?
If it can be imagined.... it can happen right here on Earth!