From the dress code page from Bob Jones University website:
Abercrombie & Fitch and its subsidiary Hollister have shown an unusual degree of antagonism to the name of Christ and an unusual display of wickedness in their promotions. In protest, articles displaying their logos are not acceptable to be worn, carried, or displayed (even if covered or masked in some way).
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Funny thing is, I first read it that you weren’t to wear Christ-y goods. heh.
The irony is that this comes from a school that goes by “BJU”.
“Students are challenged to develop Christlikeness”
Stigmata?
This kills me. The only reason any christian group would single out A&F is that their catalogue borderlines on softcore porn, and even christian humans are drawn to nudity. What if a clothing company flew in the face of one of the beatitudes? “Well, that new JC Penny fall line doesn’t seem meek enough for me. They won’t inherit the earth, nor any of my consumer dollars.” No one cares about meekness (except Jesus, apparently), so nothing’s ever scrutinized in that vein. There’s never such a resounding indictment of conservative christian reasoning as when it becomes too interested in sex.
In short, BJU administrators, go fuck someone and stop forcing your sexual repression on others.
I have several cousins who went to BJU. I don’t really talk to them anymore, as a conscious choice. Not because of their alma mater, but because they’re the kind of people who eagerly all went to BJU. In other words, assholes.
Apparently they never heard of American Apparel. Company slogan: “It worked for Woody Allen.”
We have a modern-day Footloose on our hands! Who wants to introduce sugar to the cafeteria gruel?
Oh, what will the well-heeled white kids wear, then?
Geez, can you believe what control freaks these BJU types are? Next thing you know they’ll be telling you who you can date or something.
Oh, wait…
Abercombie and Fitch clothes do suck, to be fair. Stupid preppy punks.
Oh, they probably showed people of different races holding hands and/or kissing in one of their catalogues.
One thing is for certain, Jesus Christ would nor any of his apostles would be welcome at Bob Jones. No beards? No sandals other than leisure time?? How much more un-Christlike could you make this dress code.
If I’m wrong in my atheism and there really is going to be a rapture some day, these assholes are all going straight to hell.
My parents offered to pay for college entirely if I would go to BJU. At that time, women had to wear skirts or dresses unless they were in PE class or their dorm room, and you could only leave campus with men your parents had put on an approval list. Naturally, I suspected that I would get a less than adequate education in my chosen fields (Art & Literature) and paid my own way through Purdue. Oddly, I’ve never regretted that choice…