'It is offending people': Man wearing a 'Jesus Saves' T-shirt at Mall of America is ordered by security guard to take it off or leave - at nation's most famous shopping centre

• Viral video shows shopper being ordered to take off his 'Jesus Saves' T-shirt
• Mall of America security guards threatened to kick man out if he did not oblige
• Social media users reacted with fury, as one said he should sue the Mall
• A Mall spokesman says the man was later allowed to continue shopping
• Do YOU know this man? Email james.gant@mailonline.co.uk

A man wearing a 'Jesus Saves' T-shirt was ordered to remove the clothing or leave the Mall of America last weekend in a video that has gone viral on social media.

A security guard at the nation's most famous shopping centre in Minnesota can be heard telling the man: 'If you want to shop here you need to take off that shirt'.

Another clip shows the same guard saying: 'Jesus is associated with religion and it is offending people. People have been offended.'

The video which was recorded on January 7 has prompted outrage online with one group organizing a protest at the Mall where they intend to wear their own 'Jesus Saves' shirts.


Viral video shows a man wearing a 'Jesus Saves' T-Shirt being ordered to take off the clothing or leave by security guards at Mall of America on Jan 7th

A spokesman for Mall of America told DailyMail.com that the man was allowed to remain in the Mall following the interaction while still wearing his shirt.

This is despite the fact guards can clearly be heard threatening to kick him out.

DailyMail

Stanweezy:
The owner (management) of the mall is (are) trying to protect it from backlash


But they are wrong as far their is no interference

Wiseandtrue:
To think that they called their country, God's own country

paxonel:
Why will you start preaching Jesus or Islam or atheism or any other fundamental in an open place where it isn't lawful to do?
In an organised societies like that anything religious or fundamental preachings / teachings are reserved in worship places like the church, the mosque, etc., and not open city malls.

If the man in question is charged for breaking simple public rules the next thing, especially third world Africans like the op who knows nothing will start shouting PERSECUTION! PERSECUTION!
meanwhile, Jesus teaches that we should be subjected to rules and constituted authorities governing us but we have some adamant Christians that are too conservative they are telling Jesus, no!

There were times even footballers on pitch(eg Kaka) after scoring goals they will pull out the inscription JESUS IS LORD! but today, that has become against football rules because in an open stadium like that there are adherents of other religions not only Christians.
If Muslim footballers begin to open their own ALLAH IS GREAT, Hindu players KAKU KASHI, Buddhist players BHUL FULO etc, then there will be confusion!
Our football games will end up becoming religious gathering

Nigerfine3:

He said that the last time they drove him off he was preaching; apparently they know him as a preacher in the mall. If anyone else wears that, they may not do the same.

PlayerMeji:
I love the way America is degenerating into a Godless society slowly allowing the Saudis and Arab to see all their fuckups.. So that the Arab world will not fall into the chaos that is crumbling the greatest civilization in the world, America.

All the things we enjoyed have been bought by the Arabs with their oil money from PSG, MAN CITY, RONALDO, NEWCASTLE, etc, now they want to buy WWE...

In the original clip, the shopper is seen in a yellow T-shirt branding the religious slogan.

The back of the shirt reads 'Jesus is the only way' while the popular 'coexist' - symbol - which advocates different religions living alongside each other peacefully - is crossed out.

The videos have now been shared across TikTok and Twitter while one was livestreamed to Facebook on January 7.

One week prior, he had also been issued with a 24-hour trespass for 'soliciting guests'.

During the tense exchange, three security guards surround the man.


In a clip that has gone viral on social media, the man insists he was shopping peacefully in the shirt but officers accused him of 'religious soliciting'

He can be heard saying: 'I didn't say anything though. I didn't speak. I didn't say anything. I just went to Macy's.'

The guard replies: 'Again, I'm giving you a couple options. You can take the shirt off and you can go to Macy's and you can do your shopping.

'Or you can leave the mall, OK? Those are your only options right now,.'

The officer later claims he was engaging in 'religious soliciting,' which the Mall forbids.

However the man insists throughout the video that he was not attempting to preach but was simply wearing the shirt while shopping.

Mall policies prohibit 'inappropriate attire,' including apparel that 'has obscene language, obscene gestures or racial/religious/ethnic slurs that are likely to create a disturbance.'

The Mall also forbids 'picketing, demonstrating, soliciting, protesting or petitioning.'

The man was asked on a different day to leave the mall because he was preaching. This time, however, he appears to have just walking around the mall.


Social media users have reacted with fury to the video which sees the guard claim 'Jesus is associated with religion and it is offending people'

A guard is heard saying: 'Yes, you're walking wearing that shirt in the form of soliciting and we've had guests come up and say they're offended by your shirt.'

The posts have attracted mass outrage online.

A Twitter user called John Mason captioned the video: 'I automatically assumed this was overseas, but it's right here in America.'

Another user Wyatt Sullivan replied: 'If I ever go to the Mall of America again, I'm wearing the biggest Jesus shirt I can find.'

Meanwhile Pastor Chase Thompson wrote: 'He should sue them into oblivion.


The clip has prompted a protest by a group on Facebook who will wear 'Jesus Saves' T-shirts to the Mall on Saturday Feb 4


The planned protest was shared on a Facebook group belonging to the Bloomington Patriots

'This wouldn't have happened anywhere in the U.S. until very recently, and it certainly wouldn't have happened if he'd had a pride shirt on and even 50 people complained.'

A group called Bloomington Patriots plans to hold a demonstration at the mall on Feb. 4 and is asking attendees to wear 'Jesus shirts.'

A spokesman for the Mall said: 'The guest referenced in the video was approached by Mall of America security on January 7, 2023.

'One week prior, he was issued a 24-hour trespass for soliciting guests.

'After a brief interaction, the guest was not required to change his shirt and was allowed to remain at the Mall.'

verifiablefacts:



Trying to get your correlation but couldn't,or is it inversely?

DebbyParkway:
Beijing’s new foreign minister says Chinese leaders are “deeply worried” about rising tensions between Israelis and Palestinians


China’s new foreign minister, Qin Gang, has wrapped up his first overseas trip by calling for Israel to avoid further provocations that could escalate heightened tensions with Palestinians.

“Israel should stop all incitement and provocation and avoid any unilateral actions that might lead to aggravation of the situation,” Qin said at a press briefing on Sunday in Cairo, where he met with Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry at the end of a five-nation Africa tour. He added that “China is deeply worried” about deteriorating Israeli-Palestinian relations.

Qin made his comments at a time when Israel’s newly elected government is punishing the occupied territories for seeking a legal ruling from the UN’s International Court of Justice on their plight. Earlier this month, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government reportedly banned public displays of Palestinian flags, revoked the travel pass of the Palestinian foreign minister and announced that it would withhold funds that would normally be transferred to the Palestinian Authority. Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir also stirred outrage by visiting the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.

Qin called for “maintaining the status quo” at the Temple Mount, which includes the Al-Aqsa Mosque, Islam’s third-most holy shrine.

China has advocated a two-state solution with East Jerusalem as the capital of an independent Palestine. “The international community should increase its sense of urgency, put the Palestine issue at the top of the international agenda, and promote the resumption of peace talks between Israel and Palestine,” Qin said.

The Chinese envoy also had meetings on Sunday with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul-Gheit. Qin said leaders in the region have agreed to work with Chinese officials to implement the Riyadh Declaration, which was issued at the end of the Arab-China Summit last month in Saudi Arabia. The declaration “affirms a multilateral international order” and rejects “politicization of human rights issues and their use as a tool to interfere in internal affairs of other countries,” he added.

For decades, Chinese FMs have traditionally toured Africa shortly after being appointed. Beijing has undertaken massive infrastructure projects across the continent, running up $160 billion in loans to African countries. Trade between China and Africa totaled about $260 billion last year.

DebbyParkway:
Israel should not take revenge on the Palestinian Authority over Palestine's appeal to the UN International Court of Justice (ICJ), spokeswoman for the UN secretary-general's office Stephanie Tremblay said on Monday.

In early January, the Israeli government took a number of measures against the Palestinian authorities due to the adoption of a UN General Assembly resolution following Palestine's appeal that called on the ICJ to issue a legal opinion on the consequences of Israel's occupation of Palestinian territories. Specifically, the Israeli government decided to prevent construction projects in Palestine's Area C and divert the funds slated for Palestinians in the amount of $39 million in favor of the families of Israelis who died in clashes with Palestinian patriots and resistance groups, the media reported.

Tremblay told a briefing that UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was against any retaliation against the Palestinian Authority in the context of the situation with the ICJ.


The spokeswoman added that Guterres noted "with deep concern" the recent measures taken by Israel against the Palestinian Authority, and again called on the parties to refrain from unilateral steps that undermine bilateral confidence, as well as the path to the resumption of the political process between the two states.

The Israeli government violates the sovereignty of Palestine and builds settlements inhabited by citizens of Israel in the occupied areas despite objections from the UN.

OLAADEGBU:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wNMNZsl17U



A Man Wearing A Jesus Saves T-shirt At Mall Of America Was Ordered To Take It Off or leave!

MMempire:
America is doomed. No to Jesus, but Yes to LGBTQ and LGBTQIA+.
A country whose dollar bill has "In God we trust" clearly written on it.