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Nativity Scenes Vandalized Nationwide
With Dec. 25 only days away, a central image in the celebration of Christmas – the manger scene featuring replicas of Joseph, Mary and the baby Jesus – has become the focus of attacks by vandals and leaders of “the secular Left,” Christian groups charged on Wednesday.
While the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights was erecting a nativity scene in New York City’s Central Park, the group issued a news release condemning three dozen instances in which manger scenes were vandalized or stolen from Antioch, Calif., to Leesburg, Va., this Christmas season.
“In perhaps the sickest incident, a public school coach in Marietta, Ga., drove students around the area in his pickup truck, instructing them to thrash Christmas displays after dark,” League said.
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With Dec. 25 only days away, a central image in the celebration of Christmas – the manger scene featuring replicas of Joseph, Mary and the baby Jesus – has become the focus of attacks by vandals and leaders of “the secular Left,” Christian groups charged on Wednesday.
While the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights was erecting a nativity scene in New York City’s Central Park, the group issued a news release condemning three dozen instances in which manger scenes were vandalized or stolen from Antioch, Calif., to Leesburg, Va., this Christmas season.
“In perhaps the sickest incident, a public school coach in Marietta, Ga., drove students around the area in his pickup truck, instructing them to thrash Christmas displays after dark,” League said.
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