Cross-Like T-Shirt Design at Penn State University Sparks Controversy

Fox News. ^ | 10/26/09 | Joshua Rhett Miller

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A blue, cross-like design emblazoned on T-shirts at Penn State University has some critics seeing red.

The shirts — intended to foster school spirit — sport a vertical blue line down the center with the words "Penn State White Out" emblazoned across the chest, forming a design that some say resembles a cross. The back of the shirt depicts the same blue line obscured by the words, "Don't be intimated … It's just me and 110,000 of my friends." Roughly 30,000 of the shirts have been sold.

Penn State says it has received six complaints about the shirt, including one from the Anti-Defamation League's Philadelphia branch, from people who say it connotes a Christian cross. The logo design also has become the focus of controversy in the student newspaper, "The Daily Collegian," which has received several letters to the editor on both sides of the issue.

Michal Berns, a junior majoring in media law and policy, said she refused to buy the $15 shirt because of its religious connotations.

"At first glance, you don't necessarily think that's what it looks like, but when you look at it more, it does look like a cross," Berns told Foxnews.com. "That's the reason I didn't purchase it."...

[MontaniSemperLiberi]

All previous comments aside,

Penn State still sucks.

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That’s gotta be like hell for them. They see crosses in everything. I hope they come to a place of seeing Jesus died for them too and the freedom it brings.

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including one from the Anti-Defamation League's Philadelphia branch, from people who say it connotes a Christian cross

That's it. I am Jewish and absolutely disgusted with the ADL. They are not about fighting "hate" and "discrimination". they are only about fighting Christianity in every form in public society. They even give Islamofacists a total pass. The ADL is despicable, and Abe Foxman is a fat scumbag. I am done with them. I have accosted Foxman at a UJA event 2 years ago. But now I will be starting an organization to discredit the ADL and stop Jews from donating to them. Just disgraceful.

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"At first glance, you don't necessarily think that's what it looks like, but when you look at it more, it does look like a cross," Berns told Foxnews.com. "That's the reason I didn't purchase it."...

If you are constantly looking for ways to be "offended," I can guarantee that you will constantly find some.

So what? Aim a little higher; as in adulthood.