The word " Moonie " is derived from the name of Sun Myung Moon, the founder and leader of the Unification Church.

The word " Moonie " is also a family name in the United Kingdom.

Reuters, in its handbook for journalists, says: "' Moonie ' is a pejorative term for members of the Unification Church.

Moonie, a family name in the United Kingdom, is used as a nickname for members of the Unification Church and is sometimes considered offensive in that use although not usually in others.

Alton is a national park in South West Queensland, Australia, 371 km west of Brisbane and 75 km east of St George, adjacent to Moonie Highway.

Lewis George Moonie, Baron Moonie ( born 25 February 1947 in Dundee ) is a Labour Co-operative politician in the United Kingdom.

Lord Moonie is quoted as saying “ I did not agree to amend the legislation.

Dalby () is a town in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia, and is located approximately west of the state capital, Brisbane, at the junction of the Warrego, Moonie and Bunya Highways.

The Balonne Highway, a state highway of Queensland, is the continuation westward of the Moonie Highway from the town of St George to its termination at Cunnamulla.

The Moonie Highway is a state highway of Queensland, Australia.

During the United States v. Sun Myung Moon in 1982, federal prosecutors argued that the word " Moonie " be banned during the jury selection process because they said it was considered " a negative term ," and prejudicial in nature.

members have indicated that they do not consider the term ' Moonie ' derogatory.

Unification Church official Michael Jenkins ( who later became president of the Unification Church of the United States ) commented in 1989 on his views of why the Unification Church was shifting its public stance regarding use of the word: " Why, after so many years, should we now be taking such a stand to eliminate the term ' Moonie?

In a 1996 article for The Independent about a talk former Prime Minister Edward Heath gave at a Unification Church sponsored conference, Andrew Brown commented: " The term ' Moonie ' has entered the language as meaning a brainwashed, bright-eyed zombie.

" In 2010 National Public Radio reported that young members of the Unification Church " bristle at the term ' Moonie '", while USA Today reported that " the folks who follow Rev.

Jenkins mentions use of the word in book titles including Life among the Moonies and Escape from the Moonies, and comments: " These titles further illustrate how the derogatory term ' Moonie ' became a standard for members of this denomination, in a way that would have been inconceivable for any of the insulting epithets that could be applied to, say, Catholics or Jews.

* An essay on the use of the term Moonie by a Unification Church member

* Mooney, Irish surname, sometimes spelled " Moonie "

Church members have used the word " Moonie ", including Sun Myung Moon, President of the Unification Theological Seminary David Kim, and Moon's aide Bo Hi Pak.

In more recent times it has also been used to refer to fans of the anime character Sailor Moon .. See also: Moonie ( disambiguation ).

The word " Moonie " was first used by the American news media in the 1970s when Sun Myung Moon moved to the United States and came into public notice through a series of public speeches he gave, including at Madison Square Garden in New York City in 1974 and Yankee Stadium and the grounds of the Washington Monument in 1976.

The word " Moonie " used within the Unification Church itself and by church members in public as a self-designation.

" In 2010 The New York Times noted that the word “ Moonie “ was being used in Washington D. C. to denote that someone was a “ swooning loyalist .” The Denver Post reported that supporters of conservative congressional candidate Dan Maes were being called " Maes moonies " for their " almost cultish " devotion to him.

Religious scholar Anson Shupe notes that " on many occasions " he heard " David Kim, President of the Unification Theological Seminary, refer to ' Moonie theology ,' the ' Moonie lifestyle ,' and so forth matter-of-factly ".

Moonie may also refer to:

" In 1979, church members could be seen on subways in New York displaying t-shirts that read: " I'm a Moonie and I love it ".

" The Washington Post reported that " Unification Church members are being advised no longer to accept the designation of ' Moonie ,' and to declare any such nomenclature as indicative of a prejudiced view of the church.

British sociologist Eileen Barker titled her 1984 book, which was based on seven years of first-person study of members of the Unification Church in the United States and Great Britain and has been influential in the field of the sociology of religion, The Making of a Moonie: Choice or Brainwashing ?.

* Dialogue with the Moonies Article by a Christian theologian which praises the character of Unification Church members, yet uses the word Moonie.

In her 1984 book The Making of a Moonie: Choice or Brainwashing ?, based on close to seven years of study of Unification Church members ( informally called " Moonies ") in the United Kingdom and the United States.

The Unification Church hired civil rights activist Ralph Abernathy to equate the word " Moonie " with the word " nigger ".

" In 1990, a position paper sent from the Unification Church to The Fresno Bee said: " We will fight gratuitous use of the ' Moonie ' or ' cult ' pejoratives.

" In 1992 the Unification Church-affiliated organization Professors World Peace Academy asserted use of the word " Moonie " was akin to that of the word " nigger ".

In 1977 / 1978, Pak testified before the Fraser Committee in its investigation of the Unification Church, commenting: " I am a proud Korean – a proud Moonie – and a dedicated anti-Communist and I intend to remain so the rest of my life.

The original editor was George Moonie, 1938 – 1959, followed by Harold Cramond, 1959-84.

It can also be spelled Moony, Moonie, Meaney and Meeney.

The town of Moonie, Queensland in Australia was founded in 1840.

In 1978, Sun Myung Moon declared: " In two and a half years the word ' Moonie ' shall become an honorable name and we will have demonstrations and victory celebrations from coast to coast.

The principal aide to Sun Myung Moon, Bo Hi Pak, was quoted by Carlton Sherwood in his book Inquisition: The Persecution and Prosecution of the Reverend Sun Myung Moon as declaring to the United States Congress: " I am a proud Korean – a proud ' Moonie ' – and a dedicated anti-Communist and I intend to remain so the rest of my life.

You rarely hear the word ' Moonie ' anymore.

In 2010, David McWilliams, writing in the Sunday Business Post of Dublin, Ireland, referred to the irresponsible fiscal policies that lead to the world-wide late-2000s recession as " Moonie economics.