Will Koran Burning Be Banned In The United States?

The American Thinker ^ | April 05, 2011 | Allan Wall

[Scanian]

As an American in the United States of America, you are allowed to do many things.

You can burn the flag. You can burn the Bible. You can produce obscene art and sometimes even get government money to finance it.

You can make movies and TV shows that ridicule Christianity, traditional morality, and that take the Lord's name in vain.

If anybody objects to this, you can just accuse him of trying to impose his values on others. Then start talking about the Salem Witch Trials and the Spanish Inquisition.

Yes, you can do all those things, and more.

But can you burn a Koran?

Yes, but maybe not for long.

Terry Jones, pastor of the Dove World Outreach Center, in Gainesville, Florida, became the target of world condemnation last year when he announced he would burn a copy of the Koran in protest.

President Obama didn't want him to do it. Neither did General David Petraeus, commander of U.S. troops in Afghanistan.

Actress/Activist Angelina Jolie spoke out against it. I'm still waiting for Angelina to speak out against anti-Christianity in Hollywood.

As a result of his plan to burn a Koran in the U.S.A., Terry Jones received death threats. His website was shut down. The mortgage on his church's property was called in and -- what a coincidence -- the church's property insurance was cancelled. The city of Gainesville threatened to charge the church for protection. And who knows what else happened behind the scenes? All this happened to a private group which wanted to burn a privately-owned book on private property.

What if the powers that be decide your private activity is objectionable ?

In the end, Jones decided not to burn the Koran.

That was seven months ago. But now, he and his group have finally...

[MrB]

So, how do Christians get this level of respect out of the government and the left?

Do we need to behead more people?

[DManA]

Is it still illegal for a muslim to burn a church?

[P-Marlowe]

What the heck is our “mission” in Afghanistan right now? To prop up an Islamic government that executes converts to Christianity and bans the Bibles and all religious freedom and freedom of speech and conscience? Is this what we are sending our children to die for?

[org.whodat]

Actually that is what the decision says. You can burn all the crosses you wish, but you cannot burn them on public are other peoples property.

[tsowellfan]

To prop up an Islamic government that executes converts to Christianity and bans the Bibles and all religious freedom and freedom of speech and conscience? Is this what we are sending our children to die for?

Evidentally

[The Theophilus]

My support dropped considerably then too.

I think that there have been plenty of reasons to drop support: Suicidal ROE, no coherent explanation for why we are even there, ordering "strongly suggesting" women soldiers should wear headscarves rather than kevlar helmets, torching Bibles, courts martial for SEALs who allegedly roughed up a well known and high value terrorist, rampant corruption, providing security for China to mine the lithium in AF, billions in aid to Pakistan, billions in US money to ultimately increase productivity of the poppy fields, and now we have General Betray-us along with sitting US Senators condemning the very same US Constitution they swore to uphold - all because they are afraid of, or in awe of a primitive, cave dwelling, Islamic guerrilla army.

If all that AF has given us is massive debt, a demoralized and spent military, a loss of freedom and liberty, and a platform to advance the moon cult and demonize Christianity, then it fails in every category in meriting any American support and for the sake of our civilization's future, immediately stopped.

[tsowellfan]

Very good points

[Travis McGee]

http://gatesofvienna.blogspot.com/2011/04/manifesto-of-evil-totalitarian.html#more

Watch this fabulous Colorado woman call out Graham, and then burn various pages of the koran after reading quotes. She uses slices of bacon as her book marks.

[papertyger]

So, how do Christians get this level of respect out of the government and the left? Do we need to behead more people?

Shunning all family, friends, and political officials who evince cultural cowardice would be a good start.

[pennboricua]

I would be more prone to believe that those soldiers and their families are fighting for the right that the Pastor is practicing.

Than bend their knees to the fear which seems to have overtaken a large segment of American society, either you hold that Constitution to mean something or you do not!

Or is it your belief that giving the terrorist what they want is more “right”?

[Old Teufel Hunden]

"Actually that is what the decision says. You can burn all the crosses you wish, but you cannot burn them on public are other peoples property."

I would have to say that the Supreme Court made the right decision in that instance. There are many things you cannot do on public property or have to apply for a permit to do. Certainly no one would disagree about burning a cross on someone else's property without their consent.

[expatguy]

Over my dead body

An American Expat in Southeast Asia

[P-Marlowe]

What Pastor Jones did by burning the Koran, made our troops less safe. That’s just a plain fact.

If the act of one lone firestarter can jeopardize the safety of all of our troops in Afghanistan, then what is the purpose of our remaining in that hell hole? Other than to prop up an Islamic government that executes converts to Christiany and bans the possession of Bibles and is instituting the same sharia laws that the Taliban enforced before we got there, what in God's name are we trying to accomplish there? Is it worth the life of one more soldier?

[papertyger]

BLOAT

Now, more than ever....

[Big Mack]

I think that burning to koran is a waste. I have used a case of them as bedding in my pig pen. They like rolling all over them and they soak up a large quantity of pig urine, Also keep one in the kitchen to lay fired bacon on to absorb the greese, and what is a bathroom without a koran in case you run out of tp.

[MrB]

Was just adding a few more boxes to the stack last night and wondered “now just when did I buy all THIS?”

[AppyPappy]

Let’s just say I am a lot less willing to do it when someone else’s child is doing the dying for me.

[Old Teufel Hunden]

"If the act of one lone firestarter can jeopardize the safety of all of our troops in Afghanistan, then what is the purpose of our remaining in that hell hole?"

I suppose that is a separate question that has to be answered. I think the real question is, are these backward thinking people able to be self governed and enjoy freedom and liberty? It's just a plain fact that some civilizations are not yet evolved enough to understand freedom. I do have my doubts. However, we still need to be there because as far as we know, the leaders of Al Quada are still alive and need to be wiped out or they will be a constant threat to our security. If somewhere along the way, these backward people arrive at some form of modern government, that would be icing on the cake.

If not, leave a strongman in charge who will be friendly to the U.S. One we can influence to enact reforms to slowly bring these people into modernity. Leftist may not like to hear that, but sometimes reality gets in the way of utopia. We can't all be sitting around singing "I like to teach the world to sing in perfect harmony" while drinking our cokes...

[paulycy]

What Pastor Jones did by burning the Koran, made our troops less safe. That’s just a plain fact.

How do you know this? Aren't they already in a full fire zone? Are they less competent because a koran was burned? Are the enemies more capable? Angrier? More intent on killing?

I'm not so sure. It makes for good PR for Petraeus say it in so far as it makes 0bama happy, but I'm not so sure it's factually correct. I have my doubts.

And if it is true, such as people we are training turning on us and killing our troops, such as the two troops that were killed, then it seems that this traitorous behavior was inherent in the situation and was waiting for any convenient trigger. The pastor was just a handy dupe.

The people responsible for putting our troops into that situation are responsible for that, not the pastor.

[Scanian]

Let’s just imagine that Chamberlain had continued as wartime PM instead of Churchill. Because we have a bunch ofChamberlain types running things in the West now.