Fox News reports:
A group of Louisiana State University football fans whose admiration for the Tigers is second only to their love for Jesus is outraged after the school digitally erased the tiny crosses they painted on their bare upper chests at a recent football game.
LSU officials sent out a photo of The Painted Posse, Christian students who paint their bodies with LSU school colors and small crosses for home games, in an email about the LSU game against South Carolina on Oct. 13. The students were shocked to see the photo, which appeared to be otherwise untouched, in the newsletter that went out following the Tigers’ 23-21 win over the then-No. 3 Gamecocks. The Tigers are now 7-1 for the season.
October 22, 2012 at 10:45 pm
Digital book burning. How liberal.
October 22, 2012 at 11:06 pm
Have the MSM been photoshopping the pentagram from Obama's forehead too?
October 23, 2012 at 12:55 am
Actually, the students themselves are not outraged, they have accepted the school's apology.
October 23, 2012 at 11:55 am
Anonymous #3,
Who said the students were outraged? The Fox News report says "shocked".
Are you telling me they weren't "shocked"? I find it hard to believe that they would not be shocked to see it removed. They went through the effort to paint the crosses; and they would have noticed it wasn't there.
Even if they accept the school's apology, that has nothing to do with being initially shocked.
And, yes, it is indeed not only shocking, but worrying, that the University would want to use their photo, but remove the crosses. As a proud LSU fan (Geaux Tigers!) I'm saddened – and even outraged – that this would happen.
October 23, 2012 at 12:00 pm
Anonymous #3,
Please accept my apologies for my terrible reaction above. The article does indeed say "outraged."
I failed to read the article well, and I didn't follow my usual advice on waiting a couple of minutes before posting a comment.
Boy, do I look like a fool (that I am) with poor reading skills. Please forgive me.
October 24, 2012 at 3:10 pm
Jesus doesn't geaux to LSU games unless Tim Tebow is playing. In spite of that, Americans have a natural right to express themselves, guaranteed by the Bill of Rights. Naziism has taken over in America (political correctness) .
These kids did absolutely nothing wrong, they didn't make anyone paint a cross on their chest.
Personally I'm not shocked at the action of the university, but I am disappointed. The youth of America would do well to learn the history of tyrants.
October 24, 2012 at 11:37 pm
LSU shouldnt have done that in my opinion i mean they were just showing how proud they were to be a christian
October 25, 2012 at 5:08 am
What gives this university the right to do this? They've deemed themelves moral judges.
October 29, 2012 at 10:31 pm
So the thing to do is follow the money. Call every TAF member you know and make sure they have seen the storyu ask them to comment to TAF-it does give money to the General fund. Also make sure the TAF members contact the Governor and/or Jay Dardenne and state senators. Then peerson who did this might need to pray for a job. signed TAF member