Pastor apologizes for sign : Thursday, May 26, 2005

From staff reports

Pastor Creighton Lovelace has decided to apologize and take down a sign outside his church that had people across the country shaking their heads in disbelief.

In the face of national media attention and overwhelmingly negative response to his actions, including a critique from the head of the Southern Baptist Convention's executive committee, Lovelace issued a written statement May 25, according to The Daily Courier and Baptist Press, saying he 'did not realize how people of the Muslim faith view the Koran - that devoted Muslims view it more highly than many in the U.S. view the Bible.'

'Now I realize how offensive this is to them, and after praying about it, I have chosen to remove the sign,' he said. 'I apologize for posting that message and deeply regret that it has offended so many in the Muslim community."

Here is the sign I posted earlier. What a f*&king idiot.

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