Barbour: 9/11 Koran Burning A Bad Idea
Christina Bellantoni | September 8, 2010, 10:12AM
Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour said today that he opposes a Florida church's plan to burn copies of the Koran on Sept. 11, and said he accepts "totally" that President Obama is a Christian.
"I do not think well of the idea of burning anybody's Koran, Bible, Book of Mormon or anything else," Barbour told reporters at a breakfast hosted by the Christian Science Monitor.
"I don't think there is any excuse for it," Barbour said, adding that it's a bad idea.
A reporter followed up to ask Barbour for his opinion as to why so many Americans (wrongly) think Obama is a Muslim.
"I don't know why people think what they think," Barbour said. He paused and then added, "This is a president that you know less about than any other president in history."
Barbour said that Obama has said that he is a Christian "throughout his public life" and added, "I accept totally at face value that he's a Christian."
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