NEWS FLASH: North Carolina failed this week to make Islam the official state religion. Nor did it compel residents to profess that there is no God but Allah.

If you have a hard time believing that the Tar Heel state was threatening to do such a thing, you are not alone. Earlier this week, a court rightly slapped down a lawsuit making the claim that the First Amendment would be imperiled by the college classes that began in Chapel Hill on Monday.