UCC church vandalized

[MountainLaurel]

Apparently, in retaliation for their recent support of same-sex marriage.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/09/AR2005070901050_3.html



Church Struck by Vandals, Fire

A small fire yesterday damaged a church in the Shenandoah Valley community of Middlebrook, and anti-gay graffiti was found on the outside of the church, authorities said.

The exterior of St. John's Reformed United Church of Christ also included a message that United Church of Christ members were sinners. The United Church of Christ endorsed a nonbinding resolution July 4 endorsing same-sex marriage.

[TriMetFan]

1. Well there you go. Only the Right wing Neo-Con/Nazi

Church going wackos have a right to clam God as there own. Every one else are a bunch of sinners.


I Hate These Nazi Republican People!

[uppityperson]

2. Why do the righteous want to hurt sinners?

I've never understood this. Why do they want to hurt people or organizations that "sin"? Are they that unsure of themselves that having an alternative available is scary because they might be tempted? I would think that they would be happier to have more of "heaven" for themselves, or they woud be truly concerned for our future and try to bring us into the fold gently. Why such a violent reaction against "sinners"?

[iconoclastic cat]

3. Jesus is their license to hate.

[hiley]

4. this is just shameful..

spewing hate all over from our Government to the aire waves ..
more hate crimes.
I hope the F.B.I. does it job and finds exactly who did this and prosecutes them.
hiley

[Scottie72]

5. it is so hard to beleive

that people would actually want to kill us if they could get away with it. One must remember it did happen in VA one of the most anti gay states in the union.

[MountainLaurel]

6. And Staunton

The area where this happened, made the news a few months ago because a few parents new to the community were complaining about a longtime program that took K-12 public school students out of class during the school day to attend bible study off campus.