A student at Florida Atlantic University was suspended from class this month for declining to write the name of Jesus on a piece of paper and step on it.
By Wayne Laugesen, National Catholic Register, 3/27/2013
BOCA RATON, Fla. -- Ryan Rotella refused to step on Jesus.
The Florida Atlantic University junior's act of reverence resulted in suspension from his college class and a barrage of attention he neither sought nor anticipated.
Mustafaa Carroll, executive director of CAIR-Texas's Houston chapter, testified yesterday against anti-Islam bill SB 1639 that has been introduced in the state legislature. Rebeca Robertson of the American Civil Liberties Union of Texas also testified.
ACLU and CAIR testimony begins at 2:07:14 and ends at 2:16:14. View the video. Transcripts are below.
From The Rafu Shimpo, 4/1/2012
SAN FRANCISCO -- The Japanese American Citizens League (JACL), in collaboration with the San Francisco Bay Area Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and the Tule Lake Committee, will be sponsoring a program whose goal is to bridge communities and build partnerships of understanding.
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