Some Hate Crimes Are More Equal Than Others

Why is every time a swastika, and now, a noose, appears, the media and FBI spent countless hours in pursuit of the culprits, yet:::


Manger Scenes Vandalized
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This is a list of some of the vandalism cited by the Catholic League–they don’t provide details for most of the occurrences, but see below:

Catholic League: For Religious and Civil Rights
MANGER SCENES VANDALIZED

December 19, 2007

Today, the Catholic League erected a nativity scene in Central Park. Unfortunately, vandals have destroyed or stolen manger scenes nationwide. Here are some of the locales:

· Foreman, Arkansas
· Rogers, Arkansas
· Antioch, California
· Glastonbury, Connecticut
· Arredondo Farms, Florida (three instances)
· Bal Harbour, Florida
· Fort Walton Beach, Florida
· Panama City, Florida (more than a dozen incidences)
· Tampa, Florida
· Bainbridge, Georgia
· Schaumberg, Illinois (two instances)
· Kearney, Missouri (two instances)
· Kirkwood, Missouri
· Bozeman, Montana
· Lattimore, North Carolina
· Westbury, New York (the homeowner was assaulted)
· Elyria, Ohio
· Sylvania Township, Ohio
· Greensboro, North Carolina
· Leesburg, Virginia
· Marlow, West Virginia

In perhaps the sickest incident, an elementary public school coach in Marietta, Georgia drove students around the area in his pickup truck instructing them to thrash Christmas displays after dark; they also created obscene displays with some of the adorning statues.

There’s also this, from Eugene, Oregon: Nativity vandalism probed as hate crime,December 24, 2007:

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Two separate Eugene families whose nativity scenes were desecrated this week when a vandal replaced the baby Jesus figure with severed pigs’ heads say they were targeted because of their religious faith.

The culprits left other, more secular decorations untouched and focused only on the families’ religious displays.

“To me, they definitely wanted to make a religious statement,” said David Stahl of Eugene, who discovered a pig head in his front yard Thursday. “This takes definite thought and too much anger.”

Christians worldwide have so far failed to respond by rioting, killing innocent bystanders or each other, or burning the Oregon State Flag. Maybe Christians actually are a religion of peace?