I feel bad for the artist. From the article it says the statue has been up for 11 years already!! The artist sounds like an upright guy:
“Red Bank offered Baker the chance to remove the statues himself before May 31 if he wanted to reclaim them, but Baker said that he made the statue and reliefs for the church and that it was their choice to do with them as they wished.
However, he said he hoped the art would not be destroyed and that it instead might be donated to another church or sold to support a mission.
“I was commissioned to make the sculpture, and whatever they choose to do with it is their prerogative,” Baker told The State. “I just didn’t want it destroyed. I don’t want to take it down personally, but I hope they find another place for it.”
Hopefully the church can find a church that would find the artwork more suitable.
I’m not sure I would call it hatred to have the artwork taken down. It’s not like the Baptist’s ran across the street and toppled some figures over at the Catholic church.
In the photo provided, it looks like the sculptor should be mixing up a big batch of blue meth in Albuquerque, NM.