by David Safier
In a North Florida school district, a number of students came to school wearing shirts that read, "Islam is of the Devil." They were sent home.
School district staff attorney Tom Wittmer says the shirts might have offended or distracted others and violated the district's dress code.
Why did they wear the shirts?
The shirts are connected to a local church called the Dove World Outreach Center. Church Senior Pastor Terry Jones tells The Gainesville Sun that spreading the church's message is more important than education.
Religious expression. I wonder what would will happen when we have a similar event in Arizona, the state where people carry guns to demonstrations outside the building where the President is speaking, just because they can.
After all, we have new legislation that guarantees freedom of religious expression in schools. Who's going to be the first to push the envelope and test the law?
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