Awesome decision yesterday by a federal appeals court on some of the Islamophobic nonsense making its way into "no sharia" legislation around the country. This case was in Oklahoma. The opinion is worth reading (pdf, 111kb) says me.
Here's an excerpt from ACLU's article. The full article has links to previous articles and other info as well:
Condemning an entire faith and singling out its followers for disfavored and unequal treatment by the government violates the Constitution, it turns out. That principle might seem obvious to anyone who has read the Constitution, but the State of Oklahoma and its voters did not get the message, prompting a federal appeals court today to affirm a decision blocking the implementation of an anti-Islam constitutional amendment.
Read more at www.aclu.org
