This story from FoxNews:
RICHMOND, Calif. — A man walked into a church, doused a nativity scene with a flammable liquid and set it ablaze in front of a practicing choir, police said.
Robert Mills, 40, of San Pablo, was arrested Friday night while hiding in a park minutes after police said he walked into St. Cornelius Parish and announced he was going to set the church on fire.
Mills told everyone to leave but blocked the doorway until he began showering the sanctuary with the liquid, giving choir members a chance to escape, said Richmond Police Lt. Enos Johnson. The fire destroyed the nativity scene, a lectern and carpeting, and caused extensive smoke damage. No one was injured.
Prosecutors will likely charge Mills with arson and possibly false imprisonment because the building was occupied when the fire occurred, police said. “If they establish it’s a hate crime, they could go in that direction,” Johnson said. Mills remained in custody at a detention facility in Martinez on Saturday. It was not clear if he had an attorney.
Let me understand this………………”if they establish it’s a hate crime.” If Mr. Mills had doused a Synagogue or a Mosque with a flammable substance and set it on fire with the faithful present, would there be any question about its qualification as a hate crime?
The level of bigotry towards Christians amongst those on the extreme left in America is palpable and increasing in intensity. Those on the left try to argue that it is not bigotry, but their arguments ring hollow. Hatred for a specific group or sub-population is bigotry no matter how you try to color it.
In this latest story, along with the church burnings in the south and in Arizona, we see a pattern of symbol destruction that has real meaning for the anti-Christians. In this case, the Nativity was the central target along with the baby Jesus, the central figure in Christianity. While the left charges Christians with intolerance, they burn Christian churches and use the courtroom to remove Christian symbols from the public square. The left proves conclusively that they are amongst the most intolerant segment of the U.S. population.
If the defendant in the story above escapes any hate crime charges, it will be another example of one-sided justice. The same visceral hatred that this man demonstrates against the Christian church can be seen on left wing websites aimed also at the President. When you have a large percentage of a population filled with rage and hatred towards another group, it presents a danger to all.
This time the choir escaped……………..next time, who knows.