Founded on Religious Tolerance, What?

The President said, "The idea that we would burn the sacred texts of someone else's religion is contrary to what this country stands for. It is contrary to what this nation was founded on. And you know, my hope is that this individual prays on it and refrains from doing it."

http://www.eurasiareview.com/201009108055/amid-anti-muslim-acts-obama-urges-americans-to-maintain-religious-tolerance.html (9/10/2010)

Our country wasn't founded on religious tolerance but was founded on keeping the government out of the church's business. The first settlers were far from tolerant.

I don't understand how the imam can have a mosque near ground zero, which is highly offensive, and call it a legal issue but when a paster in Florida wants to burn religious books the government feels it must step in and stop him.

Ummm, Mr. President you staying out of the church's business is what this nation was founded on not tolerance.