Wed Jan 18, 2023 – 9:27 pm EST
BLOOMINGTON, Minnesota (LifeSiteNews) — A man wearing a t-shirt with a Christian message at the Mall of America was ordered to remove the shirt or leave the premises earlier this month because other mall-goers were reportedly “offended.”
A video of the incident went viral online, drawing outrage from Christians and others concerned about religious liberty.
The incident took place on January 7 at the Mall of America shopping center in Bloomington, Minnesota, Daily Mail.com reported.
The video shows the man, identified by The Daily Signal as Paul Shoro, wearing a bright yellow shirt with a message reading “Jesus saves” on the front. The back of the shirt depicts a crossed out “Coexist” symbol along with the phrase: “Jesus is the only way.”
In the video, a mall security guard tells Shoro that he needs “to take off that shirt” in order “to shop here.”
“Jesus is associated with religion and it is offending people,” the security guard said. “People have been offended.”
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— Lauren Boebert (@laurenboebert) January 17, 2023
According to mall security, Shoro’s t-shirt violated the shopping center’s policies.
Mall rules forbid guests from
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