Homophobes Attack Christian Art at Methodist Church

HUFFINGTON POST
By Kittridge Cherry

The gay and lesbian nativity scene at Claremont United Methodist Church,
before it was vandalized (photo courtesy of the Claremont United Methodist Church).

CALIFORNIA - A recent attack on a gay and lesbian nativity scene at a California church proves how much these liberating images are needed. Claremont United Methodist Church bravely re-envisioned the nativity scene as three couples -- gay, lesbian, and heterosexual. They stood on the church lawn in life-sized silhouettes built from 600-pound light boxes. Each pair held hands beneath the star of Bethlehem and the words "Christ is born." There was no baby Jesus, but a small tree of life grew atop a statement about Christ's "radical message of love." On Christmas Eve vandals knocked down the gay and lesbian couples, doing $3,000 in damage. Only the straight couple was left standing. [link]