Curious: Texas church fires

Jay Nordlinger relays questions posed by his readers in his weekly Impromptus about the dozen arsons in east Texas (here).  They ask:

What if the churches had been abortion clinics? Or mosques? Wouldn’t the burnings have been national news then?

Good point.  Let's go a step further.  If the crimes had been against abortion clinics or mosques, would the crooks have been guilty of hate crimes?  Yes, I do believe they would have been so indicted.

It seems that the only specific people group against which hate crimes do not apply are Christians.

(By the way, hate crimes are stupid.  If a dude torches a house for the insurance or because the folks in it are Yankees fans and he loves the BoSox, the penalty should be the same.  I hope the arsonists get the full extent of the law piled upon their backs.  No more.  No less.  No cherry-on-top required.)

Still, all in all, the media has been pretty quiet about the arsons.  Pretty quiet.

(Photo from KLTV video)