Greetings pony,
Welcome to the forum. It is a pleasure to have you on board. We have had many people like yourself coming here to ask questions, so you will find people to generally be quite helpful and understanding.
One thing to remember about the Qur'an is that it is a message for humanity, not just Muslims. It is supposed to be read by everyone. So bearing that in mind, there's no problem with a non-Muslim
reading the Qur'an. It is true that one is required to be in a state of ritual purity before touching the Qur'an, but as non-Muslims tend to go for translations, then there is less of an issue as the brother explained above.
You can actually find websites having the whole of the Qur'an, both Arabic and English, online. You can also listen to its recitation, which I would recommend, because the Qur'an is supposed to be heard and listened to. Of course, knowledge of Arabic would make this more fruitful, but nevertheless non-Arabs can still gain a taste of the profound beauty of the Qur'an just by listening to it being recited.
Here's a good link where you can read and hear the Qur'an at the same time:
http://www.quranexplorer.com/Quran/Default.aspx
You can select different reciters to hear different voices. Press 'play' in the bottom left-hand corner to begin.
I look forward to seeing more of your posts. For simple questions about Islam, you can make a thread in
Discover Islam, where a moderator will have to approve it before it appears.
Peace.