Court Upholds School's Ban of Anti-Islam T-Shirts

In a decision that has just become available, Sapp v. School Board of Alachua County, Florida, (ND FL, Sept. 30, 2011), a Florida federal district court upheld against free expression challenges a school's dress codes that were applied to send students home for wearing T-shirts carrying the slogan "Islam is of the Devil."  The children who wore the T-shirts came from two families that were members of the Dove World Outreach Center. The Center had gained notoriety for promoting a "Burn a Quran Day." (See prior posting.)  At issue in the new decision were two separate versions of a dress code, in effect in successive school years. (See prior related posting.)  [Thanks to Volokh Conspiracy for the lead.]