Gay nativity scene vandalized at Claremont church

LAtimes ^ | 29th Dec, 2011 | Abby Sewell

[yank in the UK]

An unusual nativity display at a Claremont church that portrayed gay couples was vandalized over the weekend in an incident authorities are investigating as a hate crime.

[Cowboy Bob]

I bet you that it was done by Queers trying to get some attention.

Fake "hate crime", et al...

[sten]

pretty sure that would be sacrilegious

someone should enlighten them to Jesus’ views on homosexuality

[sten]

pretty sure that would be sacrilegious (the homosexual nativity scene itself)

someone should enlighten them to Jesus’ views on homosexuality

[Darkwolf377]

Church officials came in before the Christmas morning service to find that someone had pushed over the two gay couples and left the heterosexual couple standing.

I'm not for vandalizing anyone's private property, but this seems like the non-story of the year to me. I mean, a couple of decorations were pushed over? Gee, how many hundreds of thousands of dollars will it take to, you know, pick them back up?

More fodder for the victimhood junkies.

[jimfree]

As long as other vandalism is permitted there is no hate crime.

[yank in the UK]

Isn't it funny how a couple of statues being knocked over is a hate crime? I bet you that if a heterosexual, christian, European American male were knocked over in real life by a group of minorities it wouldn't constitute as a hate crime.

[Darkwolf377]

What’s funnier to me is watching the TV segment. The whole time they’re bitching with the tipped-over thing in the background I was saying, “Just walk over and pick the damned thing UP!” It’s glowing away so obviously there’s nothing wrong with the light fixtures, yet they leave it on its side during the night news shoot for visual reasons, when we can see from earlier video that the vandalism was found in the daytime and one of the two pushed-over boxes was righted—why was the other put on its side? (This might be explained in the audio, my computer’s busted and can’t get sound.)

The whole news piece was something I’d like to keep to show people how news is invented. If I worked at that church and came to work and found the things tipped over—you know, like KIDS have been doing to property for eons!—I’d have righted the thing and gone about my day.

But these boobs have to make a flippin’ federal case out of it.

[Popman]

Gay couple in a Nativity scene?.....I wonder which translation Bible that is in?

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks yank in the UK.

[mas cerveza por favor]

It is more likely the gays tipped over the figures themselves to get the publicity.

[Darkwolf377]

I wouldn’t discount that. They sure look intact for targets of vandalism.

[AndyTheBear]

Bloody Oath!

[verga]

Gay couple in a Nativity scene?.....I wonder which translation Bible that is in?

The Queeen James.

[JSDude1]

Why in the world would there be a “gay” nativity scene? Cannot historical accuracy be held intact?!

[mark3681]

Bored news crew knocked them over.

[yank in the UK]

Would it be a hate crime if a shrine to homosexuality was vandalized outside of a mosque?

[exnavy]

who in the world would set up a “gay” nativity scene, and why?

[Vaquero]

Fake “hate crime”, et al...

Dang it..there aint no such thing as a REAL hate crime. This hate crime crap needs to be addressed by the Supremes.

Hate is a motive not a crime....geeeze.

[Grunthor]

The words “burn to the ground” come to mind for some reason.