Church targeted by PETA never used any animals

Members at Anchorage First Free Methodist Church in Alaska were a little confused earlier this week when they received a e-mail from PETA, chastising them for subjecting animals to "cruel treatment and danger" by using them in their nativity scenes. Except, they don't. In fact, no animals are used at all in their nativity scenes. The people dress up, but the animals are usually done with puppets, or with people in costumes. PETA said that this mistake, this confusion was more or less their fault, citing that the church uses the words "living nativity" on their website, which to them, means animals. That church doesn't even use a real baby to play Jesus - they use a plastic doll. PETA, for their part, says that many animals have died in cruel and unusual ways as a direct result of having to be in a nativity scene.
(For more details on PETA's opinion, and to read the original article, click here.)