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Planet Fitness breaks its own rule by asking a pro-life man to leave
live action ^ | Nov 22, 2014 | Lauren Enriquez

Posted on 11/23/2014 6:50:41 PM PST by Morgana

Earlier this week, a Florida man reported that an employee at Planet Fitness gym asked him to leave the premises after a fellow gym-goer complained about the pro-life t-shirt he was wearing. Mike Amoroso’s shirt read, “Abortion Kills a Person,” and the employee told him that if he did not change into something else, Mike would have to leave the premises. He went home. But, undeterred, Mike returned the next day wearing a shirt that he thought would be more palatable than the first. It simply read, “Pray to End Abortion.” Watch 70-year-old Mike Amoroso’s story below:

Ironically, Planet Fitness has itself received flack from gym rats and anti-discrimination groups for labeling hardcore body builders as “Lunks,” a term coined by Planet Fitness.

On its own website, Planet Fitness sells a t-shirt that says,

Lunk (lunk) n. (slang) one who grunts, drops weights, or judges.

Did you notice the part about ‘not judging’ being a part of Planet Fitness’ business model? Yet, any phrase showing support for the human rights of unborn children is judged as offensive at Planet Fitness. Visit the Planet Fitness Facebook page if you’d like to voice your opinion about Mike Amoroso’s experience at the self-proclaimed “judgment-free” gym.


TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: abortion; flordia; moralabsolutes; planetfitness; prolife; tshirt

1 posted on 11/23/2014 6:50:42 PM PST by Morgana
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To: Morgana

very judgmental for a judgment-free zone.

leftists are always hypocrites


2 posted on 11/23/2014 7:02:49 PM PST by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: Morgana

I’m normally not into “prophecy” stuff, but I just read “The Mystery of the Shemitah,” and it seems to accurately describe what’s going on in this country. This incident is another example of how our nation’s former mainstream moral beliefs are now being marginalized, persecuted, and even criminalized.


3 posted on 11/23/2014 7:03:56 PM PST by Steve_Seattle
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To: Steve_Seattle

I’ll have to check that out.


4 posted on 11/23/2014 7:05:34 PM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear (The White House is now known as "Casa Blanca".)
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To: Morgana

Crap. They’re opening a gym down the street from me & I was considering joining. Nevermind.


5 posted on 11/23/2014 7:09:22 PM PST by surroundedbyblue (Bitter clinger & creepy-ass cracker)
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To: Morgana

6 posted on 11/23/2014 7:13:40 PM PST by Rodamala
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To: surroundedbyblue

We have them here, they suck in my opinion. Try this one...

http://www.anytimefitness.com/membership


7 posted on 11/23/2014 7:15:34 PM PST by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor.)
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To: Morgana

Leftists get really uncomfortable when the light of truth is revealed to them.


8 posted on 11/23/2014 7:27:24 PM PST by wjcsux ("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." - George Orwell)
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To: surroundedbyblue

Join and get a tee shirt;)


9 posted on 11/23/2014 7:39:20 PM PST by Beowulf9
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To: GeronL

Do what the LGBT crowd does. Call every Planet Fitness in your area and tell them either they change this policy allowing for Pro-Life T-shirts or we have boycotts.


10 posted on 11/23/2014 9:36:58 PM PST by Steelfish
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To: Steelfish; a fool in paradise

Boycott!! Yum!!

11 posted on 11/23/2014 9:46:16 PM PST by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: Steelfish; GeronL

I have a better idea. Have 100 people show up in pro life shirts. They really gonna tell them all to leave?


12 posted on 11/23/2014 9:59:01 PM PST by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor.)
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To: Morgana

I would go some where fit to do my fitness.


13 posted on 11/23/2014 11:11:41 PM PST by ravenwolf (` Does the scripture explain it in full detail? if not how can you?)
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To: wjcsux

I wonder where the “just change the channel” crowd is now...


14 posted on 11/24/2014 3:47:54 AM PST by Homer1
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To: Morgana

For those who don’t like to use Facebook...

Planet Fitness:

McCall Gosselin
Director of Public Relations
Phone: 603-750-0001 x199
Email: mccall.gosselin@pfhq.com

Megan Lynch
Public Relations Manager
Phone: 603.750.0001 x225
Email: megan.lynch@pfhq.com


15 posted on 11/24/2014 5:23:29 AM PST by Albion Wilde (It is better to offend a human being than to offend God.)
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