'Islam is of the Devil' - Church shirts break the cardinal sin in school
http://www.gainesville.com/article/20090826/ARTICLES/908261007/1002/news...
Church prints shirts that say "Islam is of the Devil" on the back (pic in link) and students sent out on mission to school in hopes of getting kicked out. Church then balks and claims violations of free speech.
FTA:
First Amendment scholars said the school district's policy is likely legal and constitutional. Ron Collins, a scholar with the nonprofit First Amendment Center in Washington D.C., said courts give public school officials a "significant amount of latitude" in regulating student dress that could disrupt the classroom or a school function.
"Here, it's not only a religious expression," Collins said. "It's a religious expression that is hostile to other forms of religious expression."
Collins did note that student speech is afforded more protection at the college or university level."
And the pastor is too much:
FTA: "Dove Senior Pastor Terry Jones said no local company "had the guts" to print the shirts. Dove member Wayne Sapp said he then ordered the shirts over the Internet from a company that allows individuals to design their own shirts. His daughter, Faith Sapp , 10, was the Talbot Elementary student sent home Monday. She said she was allowed to wear the shirt to school on Tuesday - with the Gospel message on the front visible but the anti-Islam message on the back covered."
The real horror is that the 10 year old is manipulated and brainwashed into doing the bidding of her father/pastor/pimp. As if she can comprehend the magnitude of her actions. Thumbs up Preacher, see you in Hell. :)
