Florida Pastor is Getting Way Too Much Face Time

Terry Jones, pastor of the Dove World Outreach Center, is getting too much time in the news. It's funny how this pastor of a tiny church can get so much attention. First, he decides to cancel the burning in exchange for the mosque to be built in a different location, but now he is reconsidering because he claims the Muslim leader lied about moving the mosque.

(GAINESVILLE, Fla.) — The leader of a tiny church on Thursday backed off his threat to burn the Koran, saying he gave up the plan in exchange for a deal to move a planned Islamic center and mosque away from New York's ground zero. The imam planning the center, however, quickly denied any such deal.

The Rev. Terry Jones had been under intense pressure to back off, including a statement from President Barack Obama and a personal call from U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates. Jones made his announcement outside his church alongside Imam Muhammad Musri, the president of the Islamic Society of Central Florida.

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Christian Church Takes Freedom of Speech too Far.

In a nation of tolerance, is this tolerant? America is considered a melting pot of different religions and cultural backgrounds where people are free to live and exercise freedom of speech, but this is publicly unacceptable.

The FBI has begun to collect information relating to a plan by a radical Christian pastor in Florida to stage a public Quran burning on the ninth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks this Saturday. Given constitutional provisions protecting the freedom of expression, however, officials say they don't believe the FBI or any other federal authority has the power to stop at least a token Quran burning by the Rev. Terry Jones of the Dove World Outreach Center.

I find the name of the church quite ironic. Dove, which symbolizes peace, but the burning of the Quran is anything but peaceful.  World Outreach suggests that the church is willing to reach out to the world, but instead the church seems to be pushing people away.