The imfamous David Grisham of Repent Amarillo fame...he's the minister who ordered a boycott of Houston because we elected a gay mayor, planned a Quran burning. He was thwarted.
As news that Rev. Terry Jones of the Dove Outreach Center planned to publicly burn a Qur’an — an operation which appears to have been called off, for now — raced around the world, many in the Muslim world reacted with angry protests, feeling that Jones’ actions were indicative of an America that was indifferent to the sensitivities of the Islamic faith.
Yet on Saturday, the day that Jones had dubbed “International Burn a Qur’an Day,” one American stepped forward to fight back against the rising tide of Islamophobia among the far-right.
In Amarillo, Texas, David Grisham, director of Repent Amarillo, “which aims to deter promiscuity, homosexuality and non-Christian worship practices through confrontation and prayer,” planned to burn the Islamic holy text at a public gathering. But before he could set the book ablaze, a 23 year-old skateboarder named Jacob Isom swooped in and grabbed it.
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Texan saves Quran from burning
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09/12/2010
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A skateboard-toting man grabbed a Quran from an evangelist who planned to burn the scripture at an event in an Amarillo park.
Twenty-three-year-old Jacob Isom grabbed the book from Repent Amarillo director David Grisham and delivered it to a leader from the Islamic Center of Amarillo.
According to the Amarillo Globe-News, about 200 people had gathered at Sam Houston Park in Saturday to show either support or opposition to Grisham's plans.
Earlier, this same religious nut ordered a boycott of Houston because we elected a gay mayor. Amarillo Pastor David H. Grisham, proud of his intolerance, and upset over the fact that the citizens of Houston voted a lesbian mayor into office launched a website, BoycottHouston.com, with a stated mission, "prevent the city from transforming into "a Texas version of San Francisco."
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HOUSTON - One religious group is using a website to encourage people to "Boycott Houston" because of the election of an openly-gay mayor and the construction of a Planned Parenthood regional headquarters building located in the southeast side of town.
Pastor David H. Grisham, who has also launched the website RepentAmarillo.com, founded BoycottHouston.com as a way to prevent the city from transforming into "a Texas version of San Francisco."
BoycottHouston.com recommends that people do not travel to Houston, support Houston sports teams or buy their merchandise or book conferences and conventions in the city. The website also asks that people who have relatives that live in Houston not visit those relatives and instead ask those family members to leave Houston for family gatherings.
Think Progress even has a video of the latest event.
A planned Quran burning Saturday in Amarillo was thwarted by a 23-year-old carrying a skateboard and wearing a T-shirt with “I’m in Repent Amarillo No Joke” scrawled by hand on the back.
Jacob Isom, 23, grabbed David Grisham’s Quran when he became distracted while arguing with several residents at Sam Houston Park about the merits of burning the Islamic holy book. “You’re just trying to start Holy Wars,” Isom said of Grisham after he gave the book to a religious leader from the Islamic Center of Amarillo.
Local news station News Channel 10 covered the event and interviewed Isom. Isom told News Channel 10 that “he heard something about burning the Qur’an. Then I snuck up behind [Grisham] and told him, ‘Dude, you have no Qur’an,’ and took off.”
I say hats off to Jacob! A hero on a skateboard! Who'da thunk it? It's nice to have someone stop these extremists that like to stir up nothing but hate.
Update As this story is getting out you may want to see other links:
Local Amarillo News10 Quran not burned in Amarillo city park /with video
Huffington Post Quran Burning FAIL: Skateboarder Foils Extremist (VIDEO)
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