After reading through a half of the pages or so I haven't seen anyone hit on this so here it goes. For all the people saying, "he didn't deserve that", or, "freedom of speech man", I think we are all forgetting something very important. Regardless of whether or not it offends you personally or you don't see why you should be offended by a T-shirt it is irrelevant. If he was wearing this in public and someone tried to say, "Hey, take that shirt off, for I am offended!", by all means say, "Hey, freedom of speech, f*ck off!". But in a establishment dedicated to educating, the last thing they need is something disrupting everyone else's right to an education.
Most schools these days enforce some sort of dress code or even uniforms to keep apparel clean and respectful andthere is a very good reason for that. In most situations I would be against any sort of conformity or censorship, but when the shirt becomes a problem and begins distracting or disrupting the classroom it is getting in the way of somebody's right to an education. As soon as someone complains there is little else the school can do, because at that point the shirt is becoming a distraction and is impeding someone's education. If that isn't a good enough reason for you, look at it this way, would you wear that shirt to work?
Dress codes and uniforms are a reality of the workplace such as professional offices, retail and food stores, delivery services, government offices and service providers such as post offices, public safety employers, and so on. You wouldn't wear that shirt to work so why should he wear it to school. School is one of the few places where "expressing yourself" is not necessarily a good thing and can often be an hindrance to goal of the establishment. If anything this is merely preparing him for his adult life. There is a time and a place for expression.
They did not suspend him for wearing a religious shirt but rather for refusing to take it off and inevitably hindering the education process.
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