Claremont California Police Investigate Damaged Gay-Positive Nativity Scene As Hate Crime, New Reports Suggests That Half Of New Military Officers Opposes Gays Serving Openly, Calls To Boycott HBO After Bill Maher Tim Tebow Tweet, Marc Jacobs And Lorenzo Martone St. Barts Sexiness, Novak And Marko Djokovic, Prince William

Claremont California police officers have called vandalism to a Nativity display celebrating lesbian, gay, and heterosexual couples at Claremont United Methodist Church a hate crime. The Daily Bulletin reports that the damage took place between 11:00 am December 24 to 9:00 am December 25 on the southern part of the church lawn, which is near Foothill Boulevard, Claremont Police Department Sgt. Jason Walters said. "It's a hate crime based on it being church property as well as the wooden box knocked over that depicted two males holding hands," Walters said. "Nothing was written and there weren't any slurs, but it is church property and the box was knocked over." Walters said police officers were looking for any information related to the case because there were no suspects at this time. Anyone with information can call the Police Department at 909-399-5411.

Half of the military's youngest officers oppose gays serving in the military, with conservative male military academy cadets especially hostile to President Obama's year-old repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell, according to a new survey from West Point scholars. "The findings show being a cadet is associated with stronger agreement for barring homosexuals from military service," said the study published by the journal Armed Forces & Society and made available to U.S. News & World Report. Since 1993, gays had been allowed to serve in the U.S. military but were barred from expressing their sexuality openly. This year those restrictions were repealed. The study, part of an ongoing survey of college students at U.S. military academies, civilian schools and ROTC cadets, found a huge gap in attitudes toward gays and lesbians serving in the military. College students not heading into the military support Obama's actions, with just 13-percent opposed to gays serving in the military. Some 41-percent of ROTC students oppose gays serving and 53-percent of those at military academies oppose gay serving openly. The survey did not distinguish between gays serving in the military openly or under the Don't Ask, Don't Tell restrictions. Supposedly, since the bulk of military officers come from military academies and ROTC, their opposition to gays serving is significant, though the study authors found that attitudes change over time. For example, male and female cadets interviewed back in 2002 were more opposed than those surveyed in 2007 by a margin of 9-percentage points: 59-percent to 50-percent. During the debate over repealing Don't Ask, Don't Tell, service chiefs fought the president, worried that it could undermine morale. But top Pentagon leaders, including the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the defense secretary, backed the president's move. The controversy flashed back into public view last week when news photographers captured two female sailors kissing after the USS Oak Hill amphibious landing ship landed in Virginia Beach. Males prove to be the biggest foes of gays serving in the military—and politically conservative male cadets are especially hostile. According to the survey, 70-percent of those described as "male Republican cadets" support barring homosexuals from serving in the military. Some 44-percent of "female Republican cadets" also oppose gays in the military. By comparison, just 4.5-percent of those described as "female Democrat civilians" oppose gay service.

Bill Maher has run afoul of religious conservatives yet again, after a Christmas Eve tweet the comedian sent about overtly religious Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow. Following a 40-14 Broncos' loss to the Buffalo Bills on Saturday, Maher tweeted, "Wow, Jesus just fucked #TimTebow bad! And on Xmas Eve! Somewhere in hell Satan is tebowing, saying to Hitler 'Hey, Buffalo's killing them'. Predictably, reports The Los Angeles Times, the dig from the atheist comedian didn't go over well with Christians. Fox Business' "Follow the Money" host Eric Bolling got things rolling with his Twitter response: "Bill Maher is disgusting vile trash. I can't even repeat what he just tweeted about Tebow... on Christmas Eve. #straighttohellBill." Others have called for a boycott of HBO, the home of Maher's show, Real Time. This wouldn't be the first time Maher's words have raised the ire of those on the opposite end of the political spectrum. There are regular calls for Maher's ouster from HBO. It happened in July, following a frank discussion of "hate sex" with Republican presidential candidates Michele Bachmann and Rick Santorum, and in 2008, following comments about Pope Benedict XVI. Real Time With Bill Maher returns to HBO on January 13.

Marc Jacobs and his ex Lorenzo Martone spotted shirtless, sandwiched into teeny, tiny swimsuits on the shores of St. Barts.

A tight, toned Novak Djokovic and his brother Marko alongside a camel.

Prince William plays soccer Christmas Eve.