Sunday, June 28, 2009

The marriage practice of Unificationists

The following article is a review of two articles recently written about the marriage practice of Unificationists



"Moonie" Word Absent From Latest Features on Unification-Church Arranged Marriages

By Douglas Burton


"The Baltimore Sun is the second major daily newspaper to do a respectful feature article on the track record of arranged marriages of members of the Unification Church, or more properly, the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification. The Sun's story, by reporter Joseph Burris, was more than three months in production, according to sources in the FFWPU, but the resulting feature, in both the online edition and on the print edition of June 19, 2009 was the fairest and most revealing study yet of the Marriage-Blessing tradition of Rev. Sun Myung Moon. To his credit, Mr. Burris did not refer to the followers of Rev. Moon as "Moonies," a pejorative and a slur to church members."

Read the entire article on Ezine Articles


See also

  • Moon mass marriage, a generation on - Baltimore Sun - ‎Jun 18, 2009‎






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