Gay nativity scene vandalized at California church
Thu. December 29, 2011 9:56 PM by GoPride.com News Staff
Claremont, Calif. -
Vandals knocked over part of an unusual pro-gay nativity scene at a church in Claremont, Calif., over Christmas weekend.
Claremont United Methodist Church is a pro-gay congregation. Their nativity included silhouettes of a gay couple and a lesbian couple under the star of Bethlehem with a sign that said "Christ is Born."
Someone knocked over the gay and lesbian couples, but left up the heterosexual couple.
"Christ's birth in a stable had a lot to do with poverty and being marginalized," Pastor Sharon Rhodes-Wickett told the Los Angeles Times. "What this church has tried to do through these scenes is say, 'What would that look like today?'"
There are no suspects.
Claremont United Methodist Church is a pro-gay congregation. Their nativity included silhouettes of a gay couple and a lesbian couple under the star of Bethlehem with a sign that said "Christ is Born."
Someone knocked over the gay and lesbian couples, but left up the heterosexual couple.
"Christ's birth in a stable had a lot to do with poverty and being marginalized," Pastor Sharon Rhodes-Wickett told the Los Angeles Times. "What this church has tried to do through these scenes is say, 'What would that look like today?'"
There are no suspects.