Huh? Wha ....?
It's not only "irrelevant" as you noted, Mariner, but it's plain, pure hokum.
GOP Margaret (for readers and lurkers, I refer to "Margaret" in Dennis the Menace; GOP_"Lady" is no lady but she's an awful lot like the bossy Margaret in the famous comic strip), for Romney to say that burning a Koran "violates a founding principle of our republic" is a clear demonstration of the man's ignorance of -- and/or pure contempt for -- the true principles of our Republic.
What are the true principles of our Republic?
I thought they included religious freedom?
And as I've told you and others before, I don't tolerate people stretching the truth to suit their needs/wants/causes and religious bigotry.
So, in other words, it's okay if Sarah Palin says not to burn the Quran but not okay if Mitt Romney says the same thing?