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American churchgoers give a whole new meaning to the phrase ‘shotgun wedding’ – our favourite responses online

Yes, this really did happen.

Hundreds of couples brought their AR-15 rifles with them to a church in Pennsylvania where they had their marriages blessed and their weapons celebrated as ‘rods of iron’.

And here’s a few pictures of them in action.

The bizarre ceremony took place in the wake of the Florida high school shooting, and the church’s founder, the Reverend Sun Myung Moon, said teachers should be armed to prevent such occurrences happening again.

And here’s what people made of it online.

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https://twitter.com/JamieOGrady/status/968957102105464832

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https://twitter.com/rolldiggity/status/968953470651805696

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