Burning the Koran

[Walks_in_islam]

Pressing-On,

I am on record in the mosque building thread on the issue of that ill-advised mosque. I still want to do some shopping this week with my wife and daughter without looking over my shoulder because some corn-pone went out of his way to deliberately offend people who otherwise would be peacefully going about their day. Do the necessary at home on the mosque. Burning Qurans offends ALL Muslims including the Muslims who had nothing, zilch to do with that NY mosque.

Originally Posted by Pressing-On

Walks,
Imam Rauf needs to back down.

[Pressing-On]

Originally Posted by Walks_in_islam

Pressing-On,

I am on record in the mosque building thread on the issue of that ill-advised mosque. I still want to do some shopping this week with my wife and daughter without looking over my shoulder because some corn-pone went out of his way to deliberately offend people who otherwise would be peacefully going about their day. Do the necessary at home on the mosque. Burning Qurans offends ALL Muslims including the Muslims who had nothing, zilch to do with that NY mosque.

I missed this post. I did know you were on board as not being in favor of the mosque being built. It is pushing forward regardless and you can blame the pastor in Florida if you want, but the whole issue started when Iman Rauf didn't give a hoot what America thought about it. It was a total fabrication, lie and distraction to blame it on religious intolerance when we know there are 100 mosques in NYC. I am sick of the obfuscating.

I think Ann Coulter put the thing in better perspective when she wrote:

In response to Gen David Petraeus' denunciation of Florida pastor Terry Jones' right to engage in a symbolic protest of the 9/11 attacks by burning copies of the Quran this Sept. 11, President Obama said: "Let me be clear: As a citizen, and as president, I believe that members of the Dove World Outreach Center have the same right to freedom of speech and religion as anyone else in this country."

Gov. Charlie Crist of Florida lauded Obama's remarks, saying America is "a place where you're supposed to be able to practice your religion without the government telling you you can't."

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg called Obama's words a "clarion defense of the freedom of religion" -- and also claimed that he had recently run into a filthy jihadist who actually supported the Quran-burning!

Keith Olbermann read the poem "First they came ..." on air in defense of the Quran-burners, nearly bringing himself to tears at his own profundity.

No wait, my mistake. This is what liberals said about the ground zero mosque only five minutes ago when they were posing as First Amendment absolutists. Suddenly, they've developed amnesia when it comes to the free-speech right to burn a Quran.
http://www.anncoulter.com/

Point, score - thank you Ann!