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CAIR-OH: Suit Over School Ban on 'Islam is a Lie' T-Shirt

Posted on by velocityguy

CAIR-OH: Suit Over School Ban on 'Islam is a Lie' T-Shirt Source: Columbus Dispatch Click here to view full text ...

James Nixon's fashion statement did not go unnoticed on Sept. 1 as he stood at his locker at Sheridan Middle School in Perry County.

The front of the seventh-grader's black T-shirt proclaimed in white block letters: "INTOLERANT: Jesus said . . . I am the way, the truth and the life. John 14:6."

The back of the T-shirt read: "Homosexuality is a sin, Islam is a lie, abortion is murder. Some issues are just black and white!"

Spotted by a guidance counselor after third period, the 12-year-old was sent to the vice principal's office, where he was asked to remove the garment or turn it inside-out, James' family says in a lawsuit filed Dec. 3.

School officials that day told the boy that the wording was offensive and disruptive. After he politely refused to remove the shirt, according to the lawsuit, his parents were told to take him home and James was threatened with suspension if he returned to school wearing it.

The lawsuit accuses the Northern Local School District of violating the boy's rights of free speech and free exercise of religion

The school district's code of student conduct forbids clothing "that disrupts the educational process," including dress with "suggestive, obscene or offensive gang-related words and/or pictures..."

Executive directors of groups representing Muslims, abortion-rights supporters and gays questioned Nixon's choice of attire.

Jad Humeidan, executive director of the Ohio office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, saw dozens of people wearing the same shirt declaring "Islam is a lie" when Operation Rescue/Operation Save America rallied in Columbus in July, principally to protest abortion.

"To me, the shirt is very offensive. We have to be careful about hate speech and making sure the civil rights of other students are not violated by persons bringing hateful material into schools," he said



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Now this kid has guts to stand up for what he believes in. I hope someone or some legal firm helps him in defending himself against the murderous CAIR lawsuit.



To: velocityguy

Islam is a lie. Hell, I'd wear that shirt in public areas.



To: velocityguy

And the shirt is wrong because.....?



by 3 posted onby Old Sarge (In for a penny, in for a pound, saddlin' up and Baghdad-bound!)

To: velocityguy

Does anyone know where those shirts can be purchased?



To: velocityguy

Nothing about the "wife-beating Imam" on the CAIR site yet. I'm waiting..... 'Wife-beating' imam freed after 20 days



To: velocityguy

Would you say the same thing if it were a pro-abortion T-shirt? One word: UNIFORMS.



by 6 posted onby Hildy ( To work is to dance, to live is to worship, to breathe is to love.)

To: velocityguy

"To me, the shirt is very offensive. We have to be careful about hate speech and making sure the civil rights of other students are not violated by persons bringing hateful material into schools," he said





The Civil rights of everyone except those who disagree!!

These HATE CRIME laws MUST be REPEALED!!! They are a supression of our Freedom of Speech and Expression guranteed by the Constitution!!! They are a Socialist Trick to undermine the Constitution!



To: Y0K

My thoughts exactly. I want one of those shirts, so does hubby, and SIL, and mom... you get the idea.



by 8 posted onby reaganaut (Red state girl in a Blue state world (Socialist Republic of California))

To: velocityguy

So, how does that mooselimb think ANY of those TRUE statements are "hateful"? Tell you what, flying airplanes into buildings is what's REALLY hateful, you creep!



To: Frank_2001

Agreed hundred percent!



I gotta get that T-Shirt shipped to me.



To: velocityguy

Hmm, not sure about this one. I once saw a young man wearing a t-shirt at a sporting event that stated "Christianity Is For Losers", and it offended me. And in a school environment, aren't there specific rules against wearing clothing that may incite violence?



To: Free and Armed; Old Sarge; Y0K; 26lemoncharlie; reaganaut; velocityguy

by 12 posted onby Pyro7480 (Sub tuum praesidium confugimus, sancta Dei Genitrix.... sed a periculis cunctis libera nos semper...)

To: Land_of_Lincoln_John

Yeap, these people are like parasites.They should be eliminated.



To: richmwill

And in a school environment, aren't there specific rules against wearing clothing that may incite violence?

The precedent is against them. Tinker v. Des Moines, which was decided in 1969, stated that protest expressed through clothing (the article of clothing in the case was a black armband against the Vietnam War, which got the kid wearing it suspended) is protected by the First Amendment.



by 14 posted onby Pyro7480 (Sub tuum praesidium confugimus, sancta Dei Genitrix.... sed a periculis cunctis libera nos semper...)

To: Free and Armed

To me, the shirt is very offensive. We have to be careful about hate speech and making sure the civil rights of other students are not violated by persons bringing hateful material into schools," he said



I missed the part that said I hate homosexuals, Muslums and pro abortionists. When the truth hurts it must be hatred.



To: velocityguy

bump for later read



by 16 posted onby MissouriConservative ( Do your duty in all things. You cannot do more; you should never wish to do less. - Robert E. Lee)

To: Free and Armed; Old Sarge; Y0K; 26lemoncharlie; reaganaut; velocityguy



That was a bad second link. Here it is again: Front

by 17 posted onby Pyro7480 (Sub tuum praesidium confugimus, sancta Dei Genitrix.... sed a periculis cunctis libera nos semper...)

To: Free and Armed; Old Sarge; Y0K; 26lemoncharlie; reaganaut; velocityguy



...And the back of the t-shirt...

by 18 posted onby Pyro7480 (Sub tuum praesidium confugimus, sancta Dei Genitrix.... sed a periculis cunctis libera nos semper...)

To: velocityguy

We have to be careful about hate speech and making sure the civil rights of other students are not violated by persons bringing hateful material into schools





Everyone has the 'civil right' to express their opinion. Their is no constitutional right to never be offended. (The leftist activists have made that abundantly clear to us.)



by 19 posted onby superskunk (Quinn's Law: Liberalism always produces the exact opposite of it's stated intent.)

To: Land_of_Lincoln_John

Keep waiting...



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