Unification Church

Frederick Clarkson reported in Salon that Rev. Sun Myung Moon's Unification Church played a key role in supporting the Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan's Million Family March in Washington D.C. "Moon's role in the Million Family March is the fruit of a three-year personal relationship that began when Farrakhan helped officiate at one of Moon's marriage ceremonies at Washington's RFK Stadium in 1997," he wrote.

Moongate
On March, 23 2004 an event was held at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in which Rev. Moon and his wife were crowned as the messiahs of the world. This event was captured on video, and later published on the Unification Church's own website, before being taken down. A number of very public politicians who were seen later excused their presence saying they did not understand who or what was really going to take place when they received and accepted the invitation to the event. 

A partial list of Congressional members in attendance:


 * Rep. Roscoe G. Bartlett
 * Rep. Elijah E. Cummings
 * Sen. Mark Dayton
 * Rep. Curt Weldon

Take over of University of Bridgeport
In the early 90's, in a controversial move, University of Bridgeport trustee's, facing a large financial shortfall, agreed to a financing deal with the Moon controlled organization, Professors World Peace Academy. The was considered quite controversial and led to Bridgeport's law school moving to Quinnipac, and its accredidation to come under fire.

Unification Church controlled orgnizations

 * Washington Times
 * UPI
 * Insight Magazine
 * News World Communications – company owning the Unification Church's media holdings
 * New York Tribune
 * Noticias del Mundo (Spain)
 * Service for Peace
 * Washington Institute for Values in Public Policy – think tank

Unification Church influenced organizations

 * Bridgeport Academy
 * University of Bridgeport

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