Mass wedding of Unification Church in Madison Square Garden
[June 13, 1998]
The Unification Church's Rev. Sun Myung Moon married 1500 couples in a huge group ceremony in Madison Square Garden June 13, 1998. Many of the couples had only met each other recently after being paired together by Moon, who used their photographs to match them. The AP quoted a church spokesman as saying, "It's a very spiritual process. The Rev. Moon is good at reading a person's character from the shape of their face." The Moonie wedding, "Blessing 98" follows upon a similar event last November at RFK stadium in Washington, DC. Cult expert Steve Hassan and 20 others peacefully protested the wedding, carrying signs saying "Get the facts before you give your money" and "Moon Destroys Families."
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