Posted on 01/01/2005 6:29:53 AM PST by SamKeck
ESCONDIDO, CA ---- The Vollmar family's nativity scene was destroyed by vandals on Wednesday night at the family's home on West 11th Street, Jan Vollmar said.
The family puts up the scene every year as part of a larger Christmas display in their front yard, Vollmar said. The destruction of the scene began on Christmas night when one of three wise men was smashed in the street.
"After the first incident on Christmas, we had neighbors approach us and say that they hoped we wouldn't let the destruction make us take down our display," Vollmar said on Friday. "But two nights ago, the same people came back and dragged the whole display down a hill in front of our house, destroying the manger. They also stole all of the figures from the scene this time."
The yard had many other decorations, including a Santa Claus figure and gingerbread men, Vollmar said.
"Because nothing else in the yard was touched, we think it was somehow religiously motivated," Vollmar said. "We don't know who did it, but we are going to put up the display again next year after we go and buy new figurines."
After consulting for a couple of days, Jan and her husband Tom Vollmar decided to call the police on Friday. The couple would like anyone with information on the incident to contact the police.
Sounds like a "hate crime" to me, but somehow I suspect this incident won't be widely reported.
bttt
A product of the post-humanitarian left.
Democrat party "activists" attacking the Christian religion once again. These are the exact same vermin who tore down and trashed "Bush/Cheney" posters, keyed cars with "Bush/Cheney" bumper stickers, etc.
Any other religion, and this would have the MSM howling "hate crime", but since it is Christianity, liberals just shrug.
Of course it's a hate crime. They hate God, and so they destroyed the public declaration of His incarnation.
Notice they left Santa Claus and the gingerbread men alone...
EXCELLENT-- EXCELLENT--"Post humanitarian left" LOVE it
will be using it, with permission.
It is time to destroy those that destroy Nativity displays.
Forget the surveillance camera. Why should a fine family like this have to go to that expense just to celebrate a religious holiday? This is an attack on the entire community. Therefore it is up to the community to take action. Just the threat of the good citizens doing something will prevent cowards from this sort of act.
This happens somewhere every Christmas. More than likely some punk kids with no respect for anothers property .
Advantage is they strap to a tree or post and are camouflaged. Illuminate the area, and they'll have the little punks dead to rights.
This happens somewhere every Christmas. More than likely some punk kids with no respect for anothers property .
That's right, minimize this. That's what the Jews did all through the 1920s and 30s.
Look where that got them and their children.
Obviously, the real crime was putting up the nativity scene. These freedom fighters were just saving other people from these hate-mongers trying to push their religion down people's throats.....
Amen to that! Great perspective...
It will not be gentle. It will not be PC.
The November 2, 2004, election was the prelude.
its this kind of stuff that makes me really mad
And we are not alone.
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