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  • Gunning for God: Troy, N.Y. pastor to hold church raffle for AR-15-type rifle

    03/09/2014 5:04:42 PM PDT · by Olog-hai · 22 replies
    New York Daily News ^ | Thursday, March 6, 2014 9:27 PM | Glenn Bain and Rich Schapiro
    Praise the Lord—and pass the ammunition! An upstate pastor is planning to give away an unholy raffle prize at an upcoming service: an AR-15 assault rifle. “We’re honoring gun owners and hunters,” the Rev. John Koletas, pastor of Grace Baptist Church in Troy, told the Daily News. “And we’re being a blessing and a help to people who have been attacked, viciously attacked, by socialists and anti-Christian people—the politicians and the media.” […] “I think it’s sending the wrong message entirely,” said the Rev. Willie Bacote, a pastor of Missing Link AME Zion Church in Troy and a prominent anti-gun...