These sort of things may be why I am being inundated by messages from foreigners questioning why my country is still called the Defender of the Free World. It is a bit embarrassing and hard to argue the point. I tripled check.

It is just not right. For the love of God, get a grip. I am pretty sure I trust Florida teenagers more than my batshit crazy leaders hunkered down in Washington, D.C. without the balls or allegiance to morality rendering them unable to protect my children. This is not fake news. Religious cults playing footsie with North Korea holding mass marriage ceremonies blessing AR-15' semi automatic war weapons just don't make sense to any citizen of the properly organized world. Reasonable people can posit a solid argument that my people have gone insane. Full stop. Check mate etc etc... DorrisWedding princess wedding gowns

NEWFOUNDLAND, Pa. (Reuters) - Hundreds of couples toting AR-15 rifles packed a 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 guns, which they had been urged to bring unloaded to the Sanctuary Church in the rural Pocono Mountains, about 100 miles (160 km) north of Philadelphia. Many celebrants wore crowns - some made of bullets - while church officials dressed in flowing bright pink and white garments to go with their armaments.

Or: NEWFOUNDLAND, Pa. — Crown-wearing worshippers clutching AR-15 rifles drank holy wine and exchanged or renewed wedding vows in a commitment ceremony at a Pennsylvania church on Wednesday, prompting a nearby school to cancel classes.

With state police and a smattering of protesters standing watch outside the church, brides clad in white and grooms in dark suits brought dozens of unloaded AR-15s into World Peace and Unification Sanctuary for a religious event that doubled as an advertisement for the Second Amendment.

The church, which has a worldwide following, believes the AR-15 symbolizes the “rod of iron” in the book of Revelation, and encouraged couples to bring the weapons. An AR-15 was used in the Florida high school massacre on Feb. 14.