Posted on 01/17/2023 9:44:30 AM PST by Morgana
A man ordered to remove his 'Jesus Saves' T-shirt or leave a shopping mall has said he would rather 'go to jail or die' than take it off.
During a lengthy and rambling hour long video posted to YouTube on Monday, Paul Shoro, was still wearing the same fluorescent shirt a security guard at the Mall of America in Minneapolis, Minnesota told him to either take off or leave the premises.
Shoro, who hails from Ethiopia, defended his actions, explaining his presence in the U.S. as a request from God.
He claimed he was at the mall to hand out gospel tracks - sheets of paper on which portions of scripture are written.
In the video, a security guard at the nation's largest shopping mall could be heard telling the Shoro: '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.'
During a YouTube interview since, Shoro said: 'He told me what to do. Go into the street and preach the Gospel. I ordered t-shirts. Everything I have is Jesus, man. Hallelujah!
'The Lord delivered me from the darkness. He anointed me and finally by the time I was in Washington D.C. he said 'Hey son, I need you to go to Minnesota.''
I started going to Mall of America and met tens of thousands of people but they stopped me preaching the gospel.'
Shoro says he was asked by a security guard to remove his shirt but he refused.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
First, it was MAGA hats; now it is “Jesus Saves.” A person in America should be free to wear a t-shirt promoting Islam, the BLM movement, or even bearing a pro-LGBTQ message if they wish. And so should people who wear shirts that say “Jesus Saves.”
As Robert Spencer pointed out earlier today, See here:
The Left would love to make the First Amendment a thing of the past. If we aren’t careful, we won’t only have to watch what we say, but what we wear.
I think the “problem” with the shirt is that it crossed out the “Coexist” logo.
Yea I saw your post! You beat me by 1 minute and 2 seconds! GRRR
Only people who throw kids off balconies are allowed.
White Security Guard Kicks Out Black Man For Wearing A Shirt
Prayers for this soldier for Christ. Remember when America believed in Freedom of Religion and Speech?
Exactly!
This story has been posted 50 billion times this week.
I see people get gang tackled for posting a random vanity, but the same crap gets repeated in news over and over and over and over and over....with no admonishment from anyone.
lol- the left should be railing against it- but of course Christian oppression is involved, so they had to make a tough choice- burn down cities because of racism? or allow the white supremacist to kick a black man out because he loves Jesus-
Your PRIDE shirt offends me but I’m not going to say anything.
> The Left would love to make the First Amendment a thing of the past. <
This is not a 1A issue. The 1A only protects you from government oppression. It does not protect you from oppression by private individuals.
If anything, this is a property rights issue. The Mall of America is private property. In general, owners of private property get to set their own rules.
Ah, but there could be a catch. The federal government prohibits discrimination based on religion. It’s a long shot, but the guy might have a case there.
But a jihadi could wear an “Islam Is The Light” T-shirt and all would be well. It’s the Caliphate of Minnesota, after all.
So go admonish them. Problem solved.
You're just as good as anyone else... or almost.
Go to admonishing. Admonish the hell out of 'em. Make it a project for the day.
I might be starting to understand you.
It’s a civil rights issue, because of denial of equal access.
I’m thinking he needs to file a lawsuit for discrimination and use the proceeds to build a new church
Let the stupid libtards pay the man
But a jihadi could wear an “Islam Is The Light” T-shirt and all would be well. It’s the Caliphate of Minnesota, after all.
Sounds like the guy should go to the Mall with multiple t-shirts one under the next, each one touting a different religion. That would be funny. Gets told to take one off, there’s different religion’s shirt right under it.
Unconstitutional and illegal, of course.
But it’s really about Jesus.
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