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Originally Posted by Calgaryborn
I'm suprised no one has addressed this news yet. Apparently some Christian Pastor in Florida is having a good old fashion book burning on Sept 11 with the Koran as the main course. There has already been Muslim protests in Indonesia over the plan. More is expected. The US military has expessed concern that this will be beneficial to their enemies. The City in Florida has refused to grant the church a fire permit but, the Pastor is going ahead with it anyways.
I find this situation to be very simular to the ground zero mosque one. Both actions are offensive to most people and both actions are protected by the constitution. In this case the local government refused to issue a permit in hopes presumably to stop it. In the mosque's case the permits were fast tracked.
What I haven't heard is the left leaning folks that rallied around the mosque doing the same for this little church. No one seems outraged that the permit was withheld. No one is scolding the military for publically expressing opposition to this event.
On a historical note: Christians have been holding book burnings since before there was Islam.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010...koran-burning/ |
Say a Muslim cleric in Florida wants to hold a good ol' fashioned Bible Burning on September 11th. Would you start a thread griping about it if he isn't issued a permit?
If not (and we know you wouldn't) the "I'm just sayin' because it's the Constitution and freedom of religion" angle is transparent.
As for the bit about how long Christians have been burning books -- that may not be a feature of your religion that you want to call attention too. It's not something to brag about.