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JarOCats

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Sat Jul 14, 2018, 01:28 AM Jul 2018

Anti-LGBT pastor who wears a crown of bullets crashed a GOP event to pray for victory

A controversial anti-LGBT pastor who once urged his followers to bring guns to church has turned his attention to delivering invocations at campaign rallies for Scott Wagner, the Republican candidate for Pennsylvania governor. Wagner and his campaign say the pastor sneaked in because he knew the owner of the venue.

Pastor Hyung Jin “Sean” Moon made his way into the public eye in the wake of the Parkland shooting in February, when he instructed his followers to carry AR-15-style rifles into their Pennsylvania church and wear crowns of bullets. (The church was labeled an “anti-LGBT cult” by the Southern Poverty Law Center.)

A spokesman for Wagner told the Pittsburgh Post Gazette that the pastor wasn’t invited and didn’t get permission from anyone to speak. He also noted that the venue that hosted the event, Tommy Gun Warehouse in Greely, is owned by the pastor’s brother. ...

https://news.vice.com/amp/en_us/article/a3qdxp/anti-lgbt-pastor-who-wears-a-crown-of-bullets-crashed-a-gop-event-to-pray-for-victory

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