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Excerpt: The pastor of a small Florida church who has pledged to incinerate copies of the Quran on Sept. 11 said Wednesday he would press ahead with the plan, despite pleas from the Obama administration, U.S. military officials, the Vatican and religious leaders around the world. I think this one falls under the "You have the right to, but it's not a good idea" category. There is a counter protest planned in TN. Candlelight vigil planned to oppose Quran burning<http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2010/sep/08/candlelight-vigil-planned-oppose-quran-burning/> OAK RIDGE A candlelight vigil is scheduled Sunday in Oak Ridge in response to the planned burning of Qurans on Sept. 11 by the Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville, Fla., organizers said. The vigil will be held 7-8 p.m. at the pavilion behind Oak Ridge Civic Center. Plans by members of the small Florida-based church to burn copies of the central religious text of Islam on the anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks have prompted a warning from Gen. David Petraeus, who indicated that it could endanger U.S. soldiers and civilians in Afghanistan. 'The Quran burning is particularly troublesome because 1.5 billion Muslims worldwide will view this as flagrantly offensive,'' said Oak Ridge resident Linda Johnston, involved in organizing Sunday's vigil. She said it's hoped Sunday's vigil will 'generate ideas as to how to address the ignorance and fear that are running rampant in this country.' The Rev. Steven Martin, with the nonprofit organization Vital Visions, is helping organize the vigil. More information may be obtained from him at [email protected]. J - No man's life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in session. - Mark Twain The artificial aristocracy is a mischievous ingredient in government, and provisions should be made to prevent its ascendancy. - Thomas Jefferson ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:327105 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
