Bloomberg

Although pressure is mounting to cancel the Koran-burning, [NYC} Mayor Bloomberg insists the pastor should be allowed to do what he wants.

"In a strange way, I'm here to defend his right to do that," he said on Tuesday. "I happen to think that it is distasteful... [but] the First Amendment protects everybody, and you can't say that we're going to apply the First Amendment to only those cases where we are in agreement."

SOURCE: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2010/09/08/2010-09-08_attorney_general_eric_holder_calls_rev_terry_jones_international_burnakoran_day_.html