I would not come close to throwing other Americans in with this guy considering major leaders of every religion including Christianity have condemned this act and said was very disrespectful. This guy is alone in this. No one is supporting him. His own community has disowned him. All he has is his church with a very small group of followers.
Why should an exception be made by us. Some parts of the Taliban had decided to destroy the statue to Buddha in Afghanistan and ALL the Taliban was blamed. Well guess what.........this pastor lives in the US and is a Christian.....therefore it is the Americans who are doing this as it is their country with their laws. THEIRS, not ours.........