Baby Jesus In Cage As Part Of Church’s Immigration-Themed Nativity Scene

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A church outside of Boston is getting a lot of heat for its take on the nativity scene as the Christmas holidays approach.

CBS Boston reports the St. Susanna’s Parish Dedham elected to display their nativity with an immigration theme by placing the baby Jesus in a cage and closing off the wise men by a wall.

A pastor at the church said the display is meant to be “thought provoking” with Jesus representing migrant children being separated from their parents, and the wise men standing in for the caravan of migrants behind the border wall.

But mixing politics with religion isn’t sitting well with many in the community who believe the nativity scene has crossed a line.

One person said, “This is where you come to pray, not to be preached at what you should think about politics.”

Corrie O'Connor

 

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