# Whatever Happened To The Moonies? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 11, 2003, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-the-moonies/212667 "2003-11-11T20:36:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Isabelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b5a626/32.png) [@Isabelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isabelle)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2003, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-the-moonies/212667/1 "2003-11-11T20:36:21Z")
Why don’t we see Moonies selling flowers at the airport anymore? Is it because of airport security? Is it because that religon is now defunct? They used to be big 10 years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2003, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-the-moonies/212667/2 "2003-11-11T20:56:21Z")
The Moonies are still around. In fact, they own the Washington Times. ---
**Author:** ![SnoopyFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d07c76/32.png) [@SnoopyFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnoopyFan)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2003, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-the-moonies/212667/3 "2003-11-11T21:23:45Z")
I think they ran off and got married … ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2003, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-the-moonies/212667/4 "2003-11-11T21:45:54Z")
[Unification Church](http://www.unification.org/) Be sure to have some protien before reading… ---
**Author:** ![Isabelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b5a626/32.png) [@Isabelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isabelle)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2003, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-the-moonies/212667/5 "2003-11-12T14:56:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Otto \* > \*\*[Unification Church](http://www.unification.org/) > > Be sure to have some protien before reading… \*\* I tried getting to that site but there is a firewall. Now my curiosity is up. Especially from _you_ Otto.😃 ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2003, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-the-moonies/212667/6 "2003-11-12T15:03:10Z")
They are behind a lot of the extreme right wing politics currently infesting the U.S. government. Cite: [Bad Moon on the rise](http://archive.salon.com/news/feature/2003/09/24/moon/) ---
**Author:** ![Dogface](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9d8465/32.png) [@Dogface](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogface)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2003, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-the-moonies/212667/7 "2003-11-12T15:13:04Z")
And let us never forget this all-important Moonie doctrine: > [@](#): > > After the act of love, both spouses should wipe their sexual areas with the Holy Handkerchief. Hang the handkerchief to dry naturally and keep them eternally. They must be kept individually labeled and should never be laundered or mixed up. ([http://www.tparents.org/library/unification/topics/traditn/3-dayceremony.htm](http://www.tparents.org/library/unification/topics/traditn/3-dayceremony.htm)) ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2003, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-the-moonies/212667/8 "2003-11-12T15:18:28Z")
> [@](#): > > Cite: > Bad Moon on the rise The “Holy Handkerchief”, which must never be washed? _ewwwww…_ ---
**Author:** ![SnoopyFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d07c76/32.png) [@SnoopyFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnoopyFan)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2003, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-the-moonies/212667/9 "2003-11-12T15:19:06Z")
I wonder where they stand on the Holy Hand Grenade … ---
**Author:** ![Isabelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b5a626/32.png) [@Isabelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isabelle)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2003, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-the-moonies/212667/10 "2003-11-12T15:19:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Dogface \* > \*\*And let us never forget this all-important Moonie doctrine: > > ([http://www.tparents.org/library/unification/topics/traditn/3-dayceremony.htm](http://www.tparents.org/library/unification/topics/traditn/3-dayceremony.htm)) \*\* I can’t get to your site either. Must REALLY be bad. This doctrine of holy hankerchief is gross!!! What if they do it like rabbits? How do you label them? Torrid affair at noon on floor? Where would you keep these hankerchiefs stored? Maybe I don’t want to know.:dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2003, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-the-moonies/212667/11 "2003-11-12T15:20:29Z")
If only they’d _throw_ themselves on the Holy Hand Grenade… ---
**Author:** ![Isabelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b5a626/32.png) [@Isabelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isabelle)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2003, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-the-moonies/212667/12 "2003-11-12T15:26:38Z")
Is it a one shot deal or do you need a new hankie each time? What happens with divorce?..do you still keep the hankie? Do you sue over who gets the hankie? Can it be any kind of hankie? ---
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2003, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-the-moonies/212667/13 "2003-11-12T16:14:55Z")
In 1997 here in D.C., Rev. Moon performed a mass wedding ceremony in a football stadium. Tens of thousands of people showed up to be married, many of them having never met their new spouses. I have read that the reason Moonies aren’t nearly as common in the U.S. as they were in the past is because Moon has given the U.S. up as a bad job – he concentrates his activities here on making money while his “religious” work is done mainly in other parts of the world. I have no cite for this – I think I read it in The Washington CityPaper, a local alternative newsweekly. The CityPaper has a regular feature reporting on and critiquing local journalism and so occasionally covers Moon as he owns _The Washington Times_ (as has been mentioned above). –Cliffy