Pressure rises on pastor who wants to burn Quran

[babylonsister]

Pressure rises on pastor who wants to burn Quran
AP

By MITCH STACY, Associated Press Writer – 31 mins ago

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State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley said the administration hoped Americans would stand up and condemn the church's plan.

"We think that these are provocative acts," Crowley said. "We would like to see more Americans stand up and say that this is inconsistent with our American values; in fact, these actions themselves are un-American."

Meeting Tuesday with religious leaders to discuss recent attacks on Muslims and mosques around the U.S., Attorney General Eric Holder called the planned burning both idiotic and dangerous, according to a Justice Department official. The official requested anonymity because the meeting was private.

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton added her disapproval at a dinner Tuesday evening in observance of Iftar, the breaking of the daily fast during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

"I am heartened by the clear, unequivocal condemnation of this disrespectful, disgraceful act that has come from American religious leaders of all faiths," Clinton said.

At the White House, spokesman Robert Gibbs echoed the concerns raised by Petraeus. "Any type of activity like that that puts our troops in harm's way would be a concern to this administration," Gibbs told reporters.

Jones said he has received more than 100 death threats and has started wearing a .40-caliber pistol strapped to his hip.

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100908/ap_on_re_us/quran_burning

[blue sky at night]

1. that's america....

a pastor packing heat! and I do mean that's america, because only in america would this be the case.

[Tikki]

2. Fool is only doing this because Bush was never able...

to catch bin Laden and that's hardly the Koran's fault.


Tikki

[MrMonk]

3. Self-aggrandizing pissant

If I were shocked, it would only be because of the attention given to this nothing from nowhere.

Can't we just tell the world how little this guy matters and leave it at that?

[babylonsister]

4. But he's potentially a dangerous 'nothing', and you're

probably right, he's getting off on the attention.

[AtomicKitten]

5. I wish I lived in Florida.

I swear I'd cause a shitstorm before that knucklehead makes good on his dumbassery.

[babylonsister]

7. Yea, me also. He's poisonous. nt

[Ikonoklast]

6. WCWJP?

Which Caliber Would Jesus Pack?



If this asshat is a Christian, I'm Queen Victoria.

[babylonsister]

8. "If this asshat is a Christian, I'm Queen Victoria."

:rofl:

[PopSixSquish]

12. LOL - I'm Totally Borrowing the WCWJP Line

:rofl:

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

14. Pssst....Hey, Rev.

"Then Simon Peter having a sword drew it, and smote the high priest's servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant's name was Malchus. Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put up thy sword into the sheath: the cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it?"

See, if God wants you to be martyred for the cause, then that's part of the whole cosmic plan thingy. You're not supposed to be packing heat -- it would be in defiance of God' Will. And that would be heresy.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

9. Nazi tactics - book burning!

[babylonsister]

10. Disgusting, isn't it. nt

[Rosa Luxemburg]

13. what has this country become?

[Whisp]

11. I smell a rat.

He was probably offered money by Mr. Orange Boner to make that stupid scene. The public likes to glom onto shit stories like this and the media always obliges.

[agentS]

15. But wait! It gets worse! With video!

DailyKOS reports that there is a video of the preacher and his flock busting out N-bombs.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/9/8/900288/-Quran-Burning-Church-Makes-Video-Calling-People-N

Doesn't surprise me at all.
Racism, Islamophobia, greed, shamelessness- what kinda church is this guy running? The church of Gonorrhea?