Comments about ‘LDS Church, Glenn Beck, Mitt Romney oppose Quran burning’

With all the fear of retaliation, it seems Pastor Jones has a point: to the extent that we cower in fear like little girls at these Muslims' threats, they have in fact succeeded in "terrorizing" us.

Amen to Beck, Romney, the Church, and all decent people on this issue. We can disagree without being disagreeable. No good can come of this foolish, selfish, grandstanding pastor's planned actions.

This guy must have a few loose screws.

The hypocrisy of the Muslim world on this issue is laughable.

How Muslims react to the burning of their holy book will speak volumes.

Ya gotta love religious extremism. Isn't it a paradox to be a Christian and wants to put down or destroy other's beliefs?

First Amendment rights? Isn't this akin to crying "fire" in a crowded theater?

Is the burning of sacred text legal? Yes. Should it be done? No. Can this religious man be stopped? Doubtful.

I offer the following observation. The burning of the Quran in most Muslim countries is immediate death. Any cartoon depicting Mohammad in any way warrants immediate death. While these same countries are free to protest and scream while burning a Christian Bible or depicting Jesus Christ in any distasteful manner acceptable. It seems disingenuous for our leaders to howl at the moon for one man exercising his rights when these other countries afford their citizens no such rights. Countries where women are considered property and using houses of worship as weapons depots acceptable. Given all of these realities, is the burning of a book that big of a deal?

No this pastor should not burn a holy book. It is distasteful and will incite violence. I doubt that the extremist Muslim Imams and their sycophantic followers really need an excuse for their cowardly acts of violence and hatred. This will merely be one more chapter in the unspoken skirmish against radical Islam, one more chapter of intolerance by all sides. After all intolerance is a long two-way highway.

This is the result of incendiary speech by right wingers who push the envelope then express disapproval when the nuttier ones act out. Beck plays with this fire, Palin surely does, Boehner is doing it as is Gingrich. Some of them have now even connected the Koran burning with the mosque construction in NYC. It is bizarre and reflects a hatred and disdain for a major religion. This in a nation that is supposed to protect religious freedom, but too often seeks to exploit fear and ignorance for political gain. I'm no Romney supporter, but I'm glad he has not jumped on the fear mongering bandwagon being driven by certain conservative Republican politicians and right wing media types.

I can only hope that he doesn't do this.

I hope that world leaders will begin to condemn any retaliatory violence to this act.

As bad as burning the Quoran is, killing innocent humans is far worse.

I really don't like Mukhtar's comments which appear to be condoning or promoting retaliatory violence.

The military (and the nutjob trying to bask in the limelight of his little bonfire) fear retaliation. People and groups like the LDS Church and Angelina Jolie are speaking up in the name of decency. Doesn't this pastor have something better to do like - I dunno - proclaim the Good News of Christ? Whatever the Muslim reaction, this man is no Christian if his goal is to emotionally wound others. He is rightfully being denounced.

I think that its cool all the people who have come out and said, "He is free to do it. But he shouldn't." It sends two messages to the Islamic world, "We respect you," and "Religious tolerance is a good thing." It also takes a lot of wind out of Al Qaeda's sails. People might be asking, "If the West hates Islam and is at war against us, then why are they speaking out against burning the Quran?"

The war against extremism is a war of ideas not bombs.

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Where was the outrage when opponents of California Proposition 8 burned a Book of Mormon on the steps of the Littleton, Colorado Stake Center in Centennial Colorado?

What took the LDS Church so long? Mitt Romney has now come out against this as well. Now that General David Petraeus and others have said it will endanger US troops, these people just now figure out it was the wrong thing to do?

Where have all the Republican politicians been for weeks on this issue? This is pure politics. Now that the US Generals have made it perfectly clear how damaging this is, it is safe for a few Republicans to come out against this, as long as they can hide behind the Generals.

Of course, Mitt probably only said something AFTER the LDS Church said something, and they only said something to make Mitt look less intolerant for his presidential campaign. Sadly this is pure politics and not genuine concern. If not, why has it taken so long to do the "right" thing?

I agree with the Pastor in the fact that we can't cower to the terrorists. That's why we shouldn't pull out of the war yet. It is only giving the terrorists hope.

Also, burning the Quran is not a very Christian act on the Pastor's part. Instead of him poking the hornet's nest then going home while our soldiers and Marines face the anger in the terrorists that he provoked he should be preaching about the strength of America and getting our youth to join the military so they can take "proper" action against the terrorist. The Pastor needs to re-think his actions.

Does this mean that Muslims will denounce the murders against non-muslims? I haven't heard their voice denouncing such actions.

The same muslims that dance in the streets and chant death to america and murder non-muslims,they get their turban in a bunch when something they respect is treated the same way that they treat other religions and people.....I see where the pastor is coming from. But, I think there are better ways to make a statement towards radical Islam than burning a book. That book is sacred to both radical and non-radicals, so, it really doesn't target the radical group. The pastor needs to find a way to target the radical part of Islam. A Surgical strike rather than carpet bombing.

This pastor's commitment to burning these books is a testament to the freedoms we enjoy.

Is this a stupid thing to do? - YES

Does this show why we love our country and the freedoms we enjoy? - YES

By fearing the reactions to this burning is placing the responsibility of uncivil response on us rather than on the reactors. There are nutcases in every crowd and we have given this pastor far more airtime than he deserves.

At best...this is a non-issue.

I appreciate people like Palin and Beck coming out quickly and publicly to denounce this. They rarely do the right thing, especially when it can benefit them and their exposure, but have to give them credit on this one.

Imagine the outrage were a group of Muslims to show up on Pastor Jones' doorstep and begin burning biblles. It's always a good idea to look at the other point of view before you do something so dumb.

The part that bothers me, is when Christians or Jews are slaughtered by radical Islam, there isn't an outpouring from the non-radical side decrying those actions.

If a non-muslim does something towards either a radical or non-radical, then Muslims throw shoes, riot in the streets and burn cities down.

Why don't they show the same anger when anyone is murdered in the name of Islam?

Crying "Fire!" in a crowded theatre when there is no fire is a 'right' of a person to say. However, it has been ruled by the U.S. Supreme Court as unprotected speech, one who says it can be sued, jailed, etc. i.e. you shouldn't do it because it can hurt, or affect others. You can't claim you had a Constitutional right to yell "Fire!" in a crowded theatre when there is no fire.

As my dad once said, I have a right to swing my fist but that right ends where his nose begins.

While I agree the pastor has a right to burn the Quran, I liken it to yelling "Fire!" in a crowded theatre and is therefore unprotected speech.

Having a son currently serving in Afghanistan it upsets me to think that he has no regard for what kind of position it puts our soldiers in and that he can totally disregard that side of the issue. It is hard enough to have them doing what they are doing without having some preacher grandstand for his own cause and have others take the brunt of his actions. But then they soldiers are the ones that have always fought for our freedoms including his freedom to speak as he wants. Its too bad he doesn't use his freedoms more wisely. I hope he understands that if any of our soldiers die in retaliation of his stupid actions the blood be upon his head. Maybe he ought to be the one fighting in Afghanistan instead of sitting in his comfortable house shooting his mouth of while others put their lives on the line for his rights.