It's a bit unfair to pick on the WashTimes for its coverage of Moonie events, but sometimes the disconnect is too great to ignore. Here's how the Washington Times described last month's Unification Church event attended by "Sen. Mark Dayton ... Reps. Roscoe G. Bartlett of Maryland, Christopher B. Cannon of Utah and Curt Weldon of Pennsylvania, all [House and Senate] Republicans, and Democratic Reps. Danny K. Davis of Illinois, Harold E Ford Jr. of Tennessee and Sanford D. Bishop Jr. of Georgia:"

Several dozen religious and civic leaders were honored last night in Washington for their "exceptional dedication" as peacemakers.

"Crown of Peace" awards were presented at a dinner at the Dirksen Senate Office Building, the highlight of a three-day conference on peace and reconciliation, which ends today at the Washington Plaza Hotel.

To end divisions of pain, suffering and conflict, "one core principle is necessary — the principle of living for the sake of others," said the Rev. Chung Hwan Kwak, chairman of the Interreligious and International Federation for World Peace (IIFWP).

And here's what Sun Myung Moon told the assembled lawmakers at that same event:

The time has come for you as well to open your hearts and receive the secrets that Heaven is disclosing in this age through me. In one sense, I am a human being living with a physical body like each of you. But in the context of Heaven's providence, I am God's ambassador, sent to earth with His full authority. I am sent to accomplish His command to save the world's six billion people, restoring them to Heaven with the original goodness in which they were created.

The five great saints and many other leaders in the spirit world, including even Communist leaders such as Marx and Lenin, who committed all manner of barbarity and murders on earth, and dictators such as Hitler and Stalin, have found strength in my teachings, mended their ways and been reborn as new persons. Emperors, kings and presidents who enjoyed opulence and power on earth, and even journalists who had worldwide fame, have now placed themselves at the forefront of the column of the true love revolution. Together they have sent to earth a resolution expressing their determination in the light of my teaching of the true family ideal. They have declared to all Heaven and Earth that Reverend Sun Myung Moon is none other than humanity's Savior, Messiah, Returning Lord and True Parent. This resolution has been announced on every corner of the globe.

Personally, my lede would have been, "Republican lawmakers from the House and Senate stood witness Tuesday as Korean cult leader Sun Myung Moon declared himself Messiah at the Dirksen Senate Office Building." But I guess it's really just a matter of emphasis.