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Bob Jones U. Bans Abercrombie and Fitch Clothing Line: For 'Wickedness' & 'Antagonism to Christ'
The Huffington Post ^ | 6/7/05 | Arianna Huffington

Posted on 06/07/2005 1:55:36 PM PDT by gopwinsin04

Abercrombie and Fitch and its subsidiary Hollister have shown an unusual degree of anatagonism to the name of Christ and an unusual display of wickedness in their promotions.

In protest, we will not allow articles of clothing displaying their logos to we worn, carried or displayed. (even if covered or masked in some way)

(Excerpt) Read more at huffingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: abercrombie; bobjonesu; christianschools; dresscode; whackydoddles
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To: durasell

Why pay rent when you can own the shopping mall?


101 posted on 06/07/2005 2:55:31 PM PDT by gopwinsin04
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To: BillT

Jesus works for me...and he's about 5'6" tall with dark short hair. He's married to Maria and has 2 kids, Jesus and Octavio. So knock it off. I know him personally.


102 posted on 06/07/2005 2:55:37 PM PDT by sofaman
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To: gopwinsin04

The government also apparently thinks that A&F is wicked. Not long ago, A&F reached an out-of-court settlement in a racial discrimination case. Among other things, A&F's ads were considered "too white," i.e., they didn't have enough minorities in them. That's ironic, considering this recent development with Bob Jones University.


103 posted on 06/07/2005 2:56:08 PM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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To: Sir Gawain

I am travelling for work, dont have an onine bible on the work laptop, but in 1Cor, Paul makes it clear long hair on a man is wrong

That means since Paul would not contradict Jesus, Jesus didnt have long hair

The verse is something like, "Doesnt nature itself teach you long hair on a man is shameful?"


104 posted on 06/07/2005 2:56:08 PM PDT by RaceBannon ((Prov 28:1 KJV) The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.)
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To: Labyrinthos
Can you show us where any BJU students have become Suicide Bombers?? Did you forget to call them Nazis or is Islofacist the latest cliche?? They can do whatever they want, whether you like it or not!

Pray for W and Our Troops

105 posted on 06/07/2005 2:56:18 PM PDT by bray (Pray for Iraq's Freedom from Mohammad)
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To: gopwinsin04
>A&F is about the hottest thing going in the malls, it seems like

I haven't shopped there
in many years, but they were
the very finest

store I've ever shopped.
(I have always assumed that
their catalogue stunts

were tongue-in-cheek jokes.)
Heck, I still have a fly rod
and reel I bought there.

Stores that sell first rate
fly rods and reels are not spawn
of Satan's minions!

106 posted on 06/07/2005 2:56:56 PM PDT by theFIRMbss
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To: sassbox

I do a recall a minor scandal back then when the Sears Catalog allegedly showed a little too much skin. Although I understand your concerns about A & F, the photos are not "porn" by just about any standard, because if nakedness equates to porn, then our Nation's art museums equate to adult book stores.


107 posted on 06/07/2005 2:57:44 PM PDT by Labyrinthos
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To: RaceBannon

I think anthropologists and historians agree that most Jewish men of Jesus' era had relatively short hair. Whether any PARTICULAR man (such as Jesus) had short hair is conjecture, unless there are specific historical references to support the opinion.


108 posted on 06/07/2005 3:00:50 PM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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To: gopwinsin04
Don't you kind of wonder how these shirts would be received?
109 posted on 06/07/2005 3:03:15 PM PDT by uberPatriot
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To: muawiyah
Give it up dude...We all know you're an ACLU loving liberal troll.
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110 posted on 06/07/2005 3:03:34 PM PDT by mugs99
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To: RaceBannon
That means since Paul would not contradict Jesus, Jesus didnt have long hair

Pretty flimsy reasoning, especially since Paul did indeed have long hair for a time as a vow (Acts 18:18), which proves that long hair itself is not a sin. Also, the Bible never clearly states just how long hair has to be before it is called "long".

111 posted on 06/07/2005 3:04:05 PM PDT by Sir Gawain (Jeb Pilate and the Republican Congress: Stood by while someone died)
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To: durasell

A&F was a store that catered to very old money founded in 1904. After they filed chapter 11 in the 70's they were bought by Oshman's Sporting Goods. Around 1989 they were sold to the Limited. A&F is currently a public company which was spun off by the Limited.

It's definitely NOT the same company that Oshman's operated when I worked there.


112 posted on 06/07/2005 3:05:08 PM PDT by Jaded (Hell sometimes has fluorescent lighting and a trumpet.)
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To: bray
BJU can set any dress code it wants and if the students don't like the dress code then they can go play in another sandbox.

The burka has nothing to do with "suicide bombers." Islamic women wear the burkas either voluntarily or to comply with the law because that is the dress code set by the nut jobs who set the rules for that particular cult. I bet, however, that if you cut through the crap, the BJU people and the Islamic nut jobs have a lot in common when it comes to female dress.

113 posted on 06/07/2005 3:05:33 PM PDT by Labyrinthos
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To: RaceBannon; Sir Gawain
>I am travelling for work, dont have an onine bible on the work laptop, but in 1Cor, Paul makes it clear long hair on a man is wrong
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In the Lord, however, woman is not independent of man, nor is man independent of woman. For as woman came from man, so also man is born of woman. But everything comes from God. Judge for yourselves: Is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered? Does not the very nature of things teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a disgrace to him, but that if a woman has long hair, it is her glory? For long hair is given to her as a covering. If anyone wants to be contentious about this, we have no other practice—nor do the churches of God.

[1 Corinthians 11-16]
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Yes, Paul is clear, but,
in other places Paul warns
that we shouldn't fight

over how people
interpret what's right with God.
In today's world,

I don't think hair length
would be a sign of sin. But,
since Paul believed this,

back in his world,
Jesus very probably
was a short haired guy . . .

114 posted on 06/07/2005 3:06:06 PM PDT by theFIRMbss
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To: uberPatriot

Loved it!


115 posted on 06/07/2005 3:06:42 PM PDT by gopwinsin04
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To: Labyrinthos
that if you cut through the crap, the BJU people and the Islamic nut jobs have a lot in common when it comes to female dress.

Not really. You can see their dress code here:

http://www.bju.edu/prospective/expect/dress.html

116 posted on 06/07/2005 3:07:26 PM PDT by Sir Gawain (Jeb Pilate and the Republican Congress: Stood by while someone died)
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To: bray

Going back to the Danica Patrick threads last week, and now this, there are apparently some Freepers who think that anyone who objects to ANY of the hyper-sexualization of advertizing and modern fashion is no different than the Taliban.


117 posted on 06/07/2005 3:07:37 PM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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To: Jaded

The original A&F was one of the gentleman sporting goods stores. There were several of them in NYC, i.e. Hunting World. The Limited simply bought the name, which had vague brand recognition and transformed it.


118 posted on 06/07/2005 3:07:39 PM PDT by durasell (Friends are so alarming, My lover's never charming...)
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To: Sir Gawain

What is the purpose of the dress code?


119 posted on 06/07/2005 3:09:40 PM PDT by Labyrinthos
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To: justshutupandtakeit
That is false. The commerce clause has nothing to do with private behavior. Now a State could not do this but BJU can

Wrong. The USSC just decided that the Commerce Clause covers all activity, private or public. Justice Thomas makes that very clear in his dissent.
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120 posted on 06/07/2005 3:09:59 PM PDT by mugs99
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