Billboard defaced

What a pity some people think they are above the law and have the right to vandalise signs they do not approve of. The Herald reports:

The image depicts the Virgin Mary and her betrothed, Joseph, in bed together.

A person was seen defacing the image just after 4pm yesterday, covering Mary’s face, Joseph’s face and the slogan that read: “Poor Joseph. God was a hard act to follow.”

Church leaders at St Matthew’s said the point of the image was to get people thinking about the Christmas story.

Yesterday St Matthew’s communications manager, Clay Nelson, said the defaced billboard would stand for a day, as a testament to the single-minded view that some people had.

“They are driven to give threats and abuse – and [yet] they say ‘we love Jesus and he loves us’. I’m sorry, but they don’t get the irony of their behaviour.

I am sure they don’t.

Mr Nelson said that the church had obtained video footage of the defacer of the billboard and if the person could be identified, it would press charges.

That would be a good thing.