Stolen away from their mangers :
New Jersey Star-Ledger

Detectives investigating the theft of a baby Jesus statue from an outdoor Nativity scene at a Sayreville church followed a trail yesterday that led them to the missing statue -- and 26 other baby Jesus figurines.

Police said they assumed all 27 statues had been stolen, although they did not know from where.

With frequency this is happening, one could devote an entire blog to the vandalism of nativity scenes or Christian symbols.

One comment on television I heard was "this sort of thing doesn't happen in our neighborhood." Oh really, is your neighborhood that rare neighborhood where religious tolerence is reflected in respect for the rights of Christians to say "Merry Christmas" and keep religion including Christianity in the public sqare?

As I see it, these teens or young men are only acting out in a bolder way than their parents in going after the infant Jesus.

In a way, for supporting abortion rights and electing only politicians who support abortion rights, the thieves might be less hypocritical than the citizens of New Jersey who put baby Jesus on the front lawn but with their votes honor Herod more than Christ.

Their intention, by the way, was to gather these baby Jesus figures, throw gasoline on them and burn them. This is demonic, but the laws of the State of New Jersey don't have special demonic penalties. Perhaps (and I'm being serious here) they could be prosecuted as if it were a hate crime such as vandalizing a menorah or burning a cross on the lawn.