Let him burn it. this guy dosen't realize that the Quran is made up of 4 books, one of which is the bible. lolllll, burning his own book.
Hundreds of Afghans shouted anti-American slogans and called for President Obama's death at a rally yesterday to denounce an American church's plans to burn the Islamic holy book to mark the anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks.
It's interesting to contrast the way the media and obama (of course that is the same thing) handled the GZ mosque issue and this pastor. With the mosque it was all defending religious freedoms, First Amendment, etc. With this pastor , it's all denunciations, warnings he will get our troops killed, etc. In both cases there are First Amendment issues, but I would argue this pastor has far greater First Amendment protection. He is making a religious demonstration, ie calling attention to the fact that the quran and islam are incompatible with Christianity. That is a core First Amendment value. The fact that Eric Holder or Gen. Patreus don't agree with him is beside the point. The First Amendment exists to protect unpopular viewpoints. With the GZ mosque, no one is denying the right of muslims to build mosques or worship, no matter how unpatriotic or unamerican their message. It is purely a matter of land use. Because of the unique nature of GZ, a mosque is inappropriate there for the same reason a Walmart shouldn't be built on Manassas battlefield. Building permits are denied all the time for Christian churches on land use grounds. Casting opponents of the GZ mosque as religious bigots is both wrong and, ironically, an example of attempted censorship.
"On a cold winter night, a big snow storm hit the city and the temple where Dan Xia served as a Monk got snowed in. Cut off from outside traffic, the coal delivery man could not get to the Zen Monastery. Soon it ran out of heating fuel after a few days and everybody was shivering in the cold. The monks could not even cook their meals. Dan Xia began to remove the wooden Buddha Statues from the display and put them into the fireplace. "What are you doing?" the monks were shocked to see that the holy Buddha Statues were being burnt inside the fire place. "You are burning our holy religious artifacts! You are insulting the Buddha!" "Are these statues alive and do they have any Buddha nature?" asked Master Dan Xia. "Of course not," replied the monks. "They are made of wood. They cannot have Buddha Nature." "OK. Then they are just pieces of firewood and therefore can be used as heating fuel," said Master Dan Xia. "Can you pass me another piece of firewood please? I need some warmth." The next day, the snow storm had gone and Dan Xia went into town and brought back some replacement Buddha Statues. After putting them on the displays, he began to kneel down and burn incense sticks to them. "Are you worshiping firewood?" ask the monks who are confused for what he was doing. "No. I am treating these statues as holy artifacts and am honouring the Buddha." replied Dan Xia. "
I strongly disagree. It sends a strong message that not all americans are like government spineless selouts who cannot wait to hand out their country to anyone who tries to get a piece of it. It is futile only if you stop doing it.