Note to the ACLU hating religious right

Please add this bit of info to your calculus (not that it will change any opinions, but it might cause a sputter or two):

The American Civil Liberties Union intends to appeal a federal judge's dismissal of a challenge to a Clark County School District dress code.

"We said from the very beginning this is a decision that would be made at the Court of Appeals," Nevada ACLU lawyer Allen Lichtenstein said Thursday.

Lichtenstein said he will appeal to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco.

U.S. District Court Judge Roger Hunt ruled Friday in Las Vegas that a dress code in effect at 25 of the district's 301 campuses does not violate constitutional freedoms of religion or expression.

"Students may continue to express themselves through other and traditional methods of communication throughout the school day," the judge said. "Only their ability to communicate through their choice of clothing is incidentally restricted."
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The ACLU argues that federal constitutional issues are at stake. It filed the case in October representing high school junior Kim Jacobs. She was suspended at Liberty High School in Las Vegas in September for wearing shirts bearing religious symbols.

School officials said Jacobs violated a campus dress code that required all students wear khaki pants and a plain red, white or blue shirt.

UPDATE: I should have noted when I posted that this is not intended to support the ACLU's position in this case. I posted this news because the ACLU is often portrayed by the religious right as being a first cousin to the devil. I thought it nice to discomfit them, however slightly.

From the sketchy info available in the article, I happen to agree with the court's holding here. If the school district bans all messages on t-shirts, then I have no complaints. However, if only religious messages are excluded, then I 'm with the ACLU. More examples of the ACLU defending religious freedom.