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FILE - In this July 27, 2008 file photo provided by the Knoxville Police Department, confessed church shooter Jim David Adkisson is seen moments after he opened fire during a children's play in the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church in Knoxvil Knoxville Police Dept, File, Associated Press
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FILE - This July 28, 2008 file photo shows Anna Frase placing flowers near the driveway of the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church in Knoxville, Tenn. following a shooting during a children's play the day before. The Knoxville church where an o KNOXVILLE NEWS SENTINEL. TV OUT. MAGS OUT, NON-NEWSPAPER WEB OUT. NO SALES., AP Photo/ Knoxville News Sentinel, Clay Owen, File) MANDATORY CREDIT: CLAY OWEN
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FILE - This Aug. 3, 2008 filephoto shows Rev. Chris Buice, center, minister at the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church in Knoxville, Tenn., rededicating the sanctuary during services on the spot where a gunman opened fire one week prior during News Sentinel, Saul Young, File) ** MANDATORY CREDIT, TV OUT, MAGAZINES OUT, NON-NEWSPAPER WEB OUT, NO SALES **, Associated Press
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A national campaign to promote love and tolerance has grown out of the tragedy of a 2008 shooting at a Tennessee church.

In July of that year, an out-of-work trucker opened fire at the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church in Knoxville. He killed two people and wounded six.

A candlelight vigil the next evening was so powerful in its message of overcoming hatred with love that it inspired denomination's leadership to organize "National Standing on the Side of Love Day."

Timed around Valentine's Day, Unitarian Universalist churches across the country will be holding events on Sunday and Monday aimed at promoting civil political discourse, gay rights, humane immigration reform and an end to the demonization of American Muslims.

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