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Florida Church Forbidden from Burning Quran....
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/192492 ^ | August 19th, 2010

Posted on 08/18/2010 10:19:12 PM PDT by TaraP

Florida authorities have forbidden a church in Gainesville to burn the Quran on the anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks.

If the church burns the Qur'ans it would suffer a financial penalty. This is due to the municipal law in Gainesville, which prohibits the burning of books in public.

However, the church has announced that it plans to burn the books on September 11 in any case.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Philosophy; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: florida; islam; koran; mosque; muslims; obama; terrorism; usflag
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To: TaraP

Just lay the damn book on the steps and let all the parishioners step on it as they come into the church!


42 posted on 08/20/2010 9:30:25 AM PDT by rfreedom4u ("A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.")
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To: TaraP; All
All the cheerleaders of book-burning on this thread are in good company: Nazis, Communists did the same thing.

Yeh, let's burn books --- that'll show them what conservatism in America stands for! Back to the caves!

What American principles are you, supposed conservatives, are you trying to conserve when you advocate and cheer book-burning?

43 posted on 08/21/2010 3:31:31 PM PDT by TopQuark
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To: TaraP

Sprinkle them with holy water. They’ll burst into flames automatically.


44 posted on 08/21/2010 3:32:43 PM PDT by P.O.E. (Compact Theory)
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To: TopQuark

How about putting it in a pig pen then? If you purchase it it is your property to do with as you wish. Or are you against private property?


45 posted on 08/21/2010 3:51:56 PM PDT by Lucius Cornelius Sulla ('“Our own government has become our enemy' - Sheriff Paul Babeu)
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To: TaraP
I hate to be the party pooper here, but exactly what does burning the Koran have to do with the Order of Worship in a Christian church? Is this something that we do before the congregational prayer or before the sermon? Does this come after the Eucharist or in place of it?

Heck, I'm amazed that the Church's Insurance Underwriter hasn't called in a panic demanding to know what in heck the Church leadership is thinking.

46 posted on 08/21/2010 4:08:03 PM PDT by The Theophilus
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To: Lucius Cornelius Sulla
"If you purchase it it is your property to do with as you wish. Or are you against private property?"

It's like asking, "Well, given that you are against murder, are you, then, against gun ownership."

It's a sad comment on the state of this country that a conservative does not know the difference between what is legal and what is right.

47 posted on 08/21/2010 4:23:02 PM PDT by TopQuark
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To: TopQuark
So do you think burning Korans is morally wrong or just politically inexpedient?
48 posted on 08/21/2010 4:25:53 PM PDT by Lucius Cornelius Sulla ('“Our own government has become our enemy' - Sheriff Paul Babeu)
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To: Lucius Cornelius Sulla
"So do you think burning Korans is morally wrong or just politically inexpedient?"

I think that burning books, any of them, is unAmerican. We attack speech we don't like with more speech.

From a completely different angle: attacking Koran (or any other book) is like leftist attacks on guns. You and I know that guns don't kill people; people do. The same is with Koran or Communist Manifesto: neither takes away our freedoms or affects us in any way. What does us damage is people that believe in Koran and/or Communist Manifesto. That is who our enemy is, not things like books or guns.

Today, leftists similar to book-burners of Nazi Germany or Soviet Russia are attacking guns. Tomorrow it will be some other things --- maybe even copies of our Constitution. You and I should take no part of attack on things: not to be in the company of Commies is a sufficient reason. More to the point, focus on things (guns, books) detracts us from focusing on the real enemy (which is why leftists always used that tactic). In addition, when people become used to burning books, it is easy to refocus them on the books they previously loved. (in other words, your favorite books may receive the same treatment some day). That is essentially why bookburning was always considered unAmerican. Apparently, no longer.

49 posted on 08/21/2010 4:53:44 PM PDT by TopQuark
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To: TaraP
prohibits burning book in public

Make it a private service just for members and friends.

50 posted on 08/21/2010 4:56:46 PM PDT by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain and proud of it. Those who truly support our troops pray for their victory!)
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To: TopQuark

‘That is essentially why bookburning was always considered unAmerican.’

Burniong something you own has always been considered un-American? Please cite a source prior to the 20th century.


51 posted on 08/21/2010 6:11:06 PM PDT by Lucius Cornelius Sulla ('“Our own government has become our enemy' - Sheriff Paul Babeu)
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To: TaraP

A concern that I’m surprised hasn’t been raised in this thread is the potential problems this will cause for Christian missionaries who have been called to witness to Muslims.

In my view, said missionaries already have enough roadblocks in their path that render witnessing to Muslims difficult; a church sponsporing a Quaran book-burning will only harden hearts, not win them for Christianity.

The pastor of this church is in the wrong, on this issue.


52 posted on 08/22/2010 7:55:14 PM PDT by Immerito
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To: Immerito

Spelling correction: “sponsoring a Quran book-burning”


53 posted on 08/22/2010 7:56:30 PM PDT by Immerito
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To: LucyT

It should be recycled as proverbial bumfodder. “Please don’t squeeze the Charmin!”


54 posted on 09/06/2010 2:20:51 PM PDT by sheik yerbouty ( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
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To: TaraP

Other than the obvious comparisons between this nutjob’s antics and the Ground Zero Mosque (both are Constitutionally protected, but still morally wrong and socially destructive), even an Islamic child knows that any translation of the Koran is not the word of God (as these savages understand it), but a translator’s interpretation of the so-called word.

In other words, the Pastor is not actually burning Korans at all. Still, the intent is to disrespact one billion people who are insecure about the fact that the rest of the world does not take them as seriously as the feel they deserve.


55 posted on 09/07/2010 12:22:45 PM PDT by presidio9 (Islam is as Islam does)
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To: TaraP

the USSC already ruled on this.

it is the famous case where a hippie wore a jacket with “f___ the Draft” on the back.

A municipal ordinance can not ban political speech.

Just burn one at a time inside a barbeque.


56 posted on 09/07/2010 12:59:12 PM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: All

I can’t believe nobody has posted a video of a koran being burned on the internet yet.


57 posted on 09/07/2010 1:10:28 PM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: july4thfreedomfoundation

Exactly. If you want to trap a lib, you can ask them

should those who burn korans be punished by the government?
should korans be banned from reading in public schools?

and then

should those who burn Bibles be punished by the government?
should Bibles be banned from reading in public schools?


58 posted on 09/07/2010 1:13:03 PM PDT by MrB (The difference between a (de)humanist and a Satanist is that the latter knows who he's working for.)
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To: TopQuark
What American principles are you, supposed conservatives, are you trying to conserve when you advocate and cheer book-burning?

You are comparing apples to oranges. Book banning/burning vs. burning one's own property, book or log matters not, are distinctly different actions.

59 posted on 09/07/2010 1:23:16 PM PDT by houeto (Get drinking water from your ditch - http://www.junglebucket.com/)
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To: TaraP
I'm sure this is going to endure us with all the Iraqi citizens who still view us with suspicion as well as all domestic peaceful muslims.

Since it's a First Amendment right then why does everyone here condemn Rev. Phelps and the Westboro Baptist church for their right to protest?

This Koran burning event serves no purpose whatsoever other than to inflame "ALL" Muslims and General Petraeus is right on the money when he warns that such an action will likely cause a backlash against American troops in both Iraq and Afghanistan.

Go figure, Gen. Petraeus has been the darling of all FR but now that he warns against the burning of the Korans he now is being ridiculed............

60 posted on 09/07/2010 1:24:31 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco (There's only one cure for Obamarrhea......)
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