Moore was raised a Catholic , but is no longer a practicing member of the Church , and he disagrees with church teaching on subjects such as abortion and same-sex marriage . In an interview with '' The A.V. Club '' , when asked if there was a God , he stated , " Yes , there is . I do n't know how you define that , but yeah . " Following the Columbine High School massacre , Moore acquired a lifetime membership to the National Rifle Association ( NRA ) . Moore said that he initially intended to become the NRA 's president to dismantle the organization , but he soon dismissed the plan as too difficult . Gun rights supporters such as Dave Kopel claimed that there was no chance of that happening ; David T. Hardy and Jason Clarke wrote that Moore failed to discover that the NRA selects a president not by membership vote but by a vote of the board of directors
Columbine High School massacre
Columbine High School massacre
Michael Moore