Fla. Church Denied Permit to Burn Qurans Gainesville city officials have denied a burn permit for a church that plans to burn copies of the Quran on Sept. 11. Interim Fire Chief Gene Prince said Wednesday that an open burning of books is not allowed under the city’s burning ordinance. The Dove World Outreach Center [...]

Are they also going to ban the bible? That’d be swell. Catholic board bans ‘Golden Compass’ indefinitely “The Golden Compass” and two other books in the “His Dark Materials” trilogy have been banned indefinitely by the Halton Catholic District School Board despite a committee’s recommendation that the titles remain on library shelves. Board chair Alice [...]