Pennsylvania church blesses AR-15 rifles during commitment ceremony two weeks after Florida school shooting

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Crown-wearing worshippers clutching AR-15 rifles drank holy wine and exchanged or renewed wedding vows in a commitment ceremony at a Pennsylvania church.
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News video: Couples take their AR-15 rifles to Pennsylvania church for blessing

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Hundreds of couples toting AR-15 rifles packed a Unification church in Pennsylvania on Wednesday to have their marriages blessed and their weapons celebrated as "rods of iron" that could have saved lives in a recent Florida school shooting. Women dressed in white and men in dark suits gripped the...

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