Reply #76: There is no way

[mjane]

that banning Quran burning under these circ's will be seen as with an intent to intimidate.

It's a political expression, no different than flag burning.

It's a losing line of argument used to "get around" the 1st amendment by those who don't truly believe in its principles.

Cross burning has, fwiw, a long history of association of impending violence. Iow, you can find TONS of examples in US history where people burn a cross then go out and lynch black men.

You can find no such historical pattern with Quran burning, any more than you can find it with flag burning, or cross-dipping in urine.

The argument fails.

That is a CLEAR distinction between cross burning and Quran burning.