Posted on 12/06/2006 10:35:42 AM PST by presidio9
BEAVER COUNTY, Pa. -- New Brighton police are charging teenagers with vandalism at a Beaver County church after authorities said the teens took a pipe and hit the head off the Virgin Mary statue at the Holy Family Church on Thanksgiving.
Police said the teens admitted they were planning on burning the statue with gasoline but were scared off when neighbors saw them.
All are facing numerous charges.
Teens, eh? Vandals who are joined mentally to the thugs who burn cars in the Paris suburbs?
Where are the HATE CRIME enthusiasts? If this had been a Muslim object it would be front page news in the NY Times.
According to the story, they already did.
I didn't read it that way (it's admittedly ambiguous). I read it as they were planning on setting it afire, but instead gave it a whack on the head and ran off.
And I'd bet anyone this is just dumb kids, not any great anti-Christian plot.
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