religion

'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.
 

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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.

Anti-annoyance laws spark t-shirt boom

http://news.sbs.com.au/worldnewsaustralia/antiannoyance_laws_spark_tshir...

 

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Laws designed to stop anti-Catholic protesters 'annoying' pilgrims at World Youth Day have had an unexpected side-effect: an increase in sales of 'design-it-yourself' t-shirts.

The controversial new legislation gives police and other 'authorised people' the power to demand that others stop causing "annoyance or inconvenience" to pilgrims at this month's event in Sydney.

Aussie Teen Arrested For "Blasphemous" T Shirt

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23919551-1702,00.html

 

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A GOLD Coast teenager who wore a T-shirt by English extreme metal band Cradle of Filth that reads 'Jesus is a c**t' has been charged with offensive behaviour.

Above the offensive slogan a nun is depicted masturbating.

A 16-year-old was arrested on Monday for wearing the shirt and was charged with offensive behaviour under the Summary Offences Act 2005 for public nuisance.

 

 

Luckily we're in America where privacy and freedom of speech are enshrined!

German Jews Smoking Mad Over T-Shirt

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FRANKFURT, Germany  —  A T-shirt using a yellow Star of David to liken the treatment of smokers in Germany to that of Jews during Nazi rule has angered German Jews.