I hate to sound dumb but who is Fred Phelps? And once you tell me will I feel even dumber?
I know about the God hates Fags church, but I never knew about them burning Qur'ans! Why no protest about this? Where is the islamic outrage? Why no pundit condemnations? And most importantly where can I get a good gin and tonic? Here's the link to the Qur'an burning: http://www.westborobaptistchurch.com/fliers/20100910_WBC-to-Burn-the-Koran-Sept-11.pdf Barry > > > > > > But Fred Phelps said that he would > (http://www.westborobaptistchurch.com/). > > Yes, that's the "God Hates Fags" minister. > > David > > > > @font-face { > font-family: "Tahoma"; > }...@font-face { > font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode"; > }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; > font-size: 12pt; font-family: Tahoma; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; } > > If you > don't read the newspaper you are uninformed, if you do > read the newspaper you are misinformed.--Mark > Twain > > > > > On 9/11/2010 11:53 AM, [email protected] wrote: > > > > > > > Terry Jones: 'We will not burn the > Quran' > Fla. > pastor says on NBC's TODAY show that his church will > never carry out plan > > > > msnbc.com and NBC News > > updated 9/11/2010 9:47:26 > AM ET > > > > > > > Pastor Terry Jones told > NBC's TODAY show on Saturday that his church in > Gainesville, Fla., would not burn Qurans in protest to > the building of an Islamic center near the site of the > Sept. 11 attacks in 2001. > "We will definitely not burn the Quran, > no," he said. > "Not today, not ever," he said when > pressed about whether his planned demonstration might > happen at a later date. He explained that it would not > happen even if the Islamic center is built near ground > zero. > Jones flew to New York to appear on > NBC's TODAY show and told interviewer Carl Quintanilla > that there was no meeting set up with New York Imam > Faisal Rauf. > He said he hoped a meeting would take > place, however. > "Even though we have not burned one > Quran, we have gotten over 100 death threats," Jones > said. "We feel that God is telling us to stop, and we > also hope that ... maybe that will open up the door to > maybe be able to talk to the imam." > Jones said that his church's goal was > "to expose that there is an element of Islam that is > very dangerous and very radical." > He told NBC that "we have definitely > accomplished that mission." > > > > > -- > Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community > >;[email protected];[email protected] -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org
