Ok, what universe are we in when Alan Colmes actually makes sense?
Asked whether someone was ever charged with a hate crime over the Bible, Mr. Thorpe said "that would take a paralegal a couple of days to research, but this whole situation is fraught with this kind of question."
A search of Lexis/Nexis did not disclose any hate-crime prosecutions for destroying a Bible.
Winfield Myers, director of Campus Watch for the Middle East Forum, called the arrest a step toward the implementation of Islamic law in America.
"One could take a copy of the Bible, the Torah … abuse it in any way one liked, and never face a criminal penalty for the act of desecration," Mr. Myers said. "Anything goes — unless the keepers of Islam are offended, and then the power of the state must be brought to bear and the offender punished in a criminal court of law."
"The Supreme Court has ruled that Americans can burn the flag and remain immune from prosecution because it is considered to be an act of protected speech. But turn your wrath on the Koran, and you risk arrest and criminal charges. This is Shariah, plain and simple," he said, referring to strict Islamic law.
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It is a Twilight Zone moment when Alan Colmes makes sense. (Or, may be, Sean slipped him a whiff of smelling salts.)