Fire, Anti-Gay Graffiti at United Church of Christ After Same-Sex Marriage Resolution

AP ^ | Jul 9, 2005

[MarineDad]

"A small fire and anti-gay graffiti were found Saturday...

Why use such obtuse language?

Why not just say sad graffiti?

[macrahanish #1]

The writer is trying to emphasize the strong bond that exists between black Ameicans and gays (sarcasm).

[Young Scholar]

Vandalism is very wrong; lightning would be appropriate.

[digitalbrownshirt]

The writer is trying to emphasize the strong bond that exists between black Ameicans and gays (sarcasm).
You might mean it as sarcasm, but I bet you're pretty close to the truth.

[shiva]

This article made it to DU. See for yourselves.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4058722

[digitalbrownshirt]

Cool! I got a mention on DU, They don't like my handle, even though I got it from their daddy Al Gore. It's apparent that none of them are reading the thread, only one person on this thread has even come close to defending arson. Truth just gets in the way for them.

[digitalbrownshirt]

Hopefully, I'll get some trolls out of it at least, they're always entertaining.

[Teplukin]

The UCC is getting its just desserts, for being religiously incorrect.

However, if vandalism occurred against a conservative church, it would be an example of left-wing religious bigotry. I think this is something Freepers intuitively understand.

Could someone please explain to me why liberals can not understand this distinction?

[digitalbrownshirt]

Sorry, I'm not buying that. Arson and vandalism are wrong, no matter who the victim might be. You also just made a liar out of me on my own blog. I pointed out that only one person was claiming it was deserved. Now I have to count two instead.

[digitalbrownshirt]

RE: post 27, it worked, I got my first troll. I'm going to get him fixed if my mom lets me keep him. I'll call him little ruggerson after my favorite DU mouthbreather. my troll bait

[concerned about politics]

God left this "church" years ago, this place is no longer his.

Exactly. It can burn now, or burn eternally with all the abominations still in it later .
They got off easy this time. Wait until they stand for their judgment (That hells fire is really going to hurt!).

[concerned about politics]

After saying that, my first reaction is to wonder if they defaced their own church to get some publicity

LOL. At first reading, I thought you typed "defecating" their own church. LOL. Being a homo church, it seems as though they'd like that!

[concerned about politics]

later pingout and I wonder if it was self-perpetrated hate crime as so many are?

I think so.
They deliberately hit on straight guys to get beat up, so they can add it to their "hate crime" statistics.
It's like the anti-arms movement. They crave gun deaths. They lust for them. It' helps their agenda.

[concerned about politics]

same-sex marriage

There's an oxymoron. Next, another left wing group will demand their "civil right" to marry canines or amphibians! Environmentalists will be rubbing themselves on trees in public, and referring to it as "love." Sheesh! Where will the madness end!

[TheDon]

That's generally my first thought. Most people are to apathetic for such crimes.

[Bars4Bill]

AP: Gottafindahatecrime! Gottafindahatecrime! Gottafindahatecrime!

The exterior of St. John's Reformed United Church of Christ also included a message that United Church of Christ members were sinners.

The fire came a day after two black churches were heavily damaged by seven arson fires in Sparta, Tenn. Authorities said there was no evidence that it was a hate crime, but they were not ruling anything out.

Does AP have any writers above the age of 10?

[StonyBurk]

Must have been the burning bush I 've read about.

[concerned about politics]

Must have been the burning bush I 've read about.

Or a warning bolt from heaven?

[Conservativegreatgrandma]

This is totally stupid and counter productive. I hope the perpetrators are found and brought to accountability.

I dislike what's happening in these apostate churches as much as anyone but this is only going to create sympathy for them. They don't deserve it.

[Dane]

I agree, defacing someone else's property because you don't agree with them are the actions of a weak minded person. UCC is anti Christian, but we're supposed to love our enemies, even when we hate their actions. Destroying their property isn't showing love

Well said.