A university in southeastern Poland has banned a controversial “T-shirt for freedom” campaign expected to occur simultaneously with a campus human rights film festival.
The t-shirts, which were to be worn through campus during the campaign by celebrities, boasted such things as “I had an abortion,” “I didn’t cry when the Pope died,” “I have AIDS,” “I don’t go to church,” “I masturbate,” or “I am gay,” according to a Radio Polonia report. The predominantly Catholic student population found the t-shirts offensive and complained that they were insensitive to people living with AIDS, or who suffered post-abortion trauma.
UMCS University President Wieslaw Kaminski said, “The texts printed on the T-shirts could have offended the feelings and beliefs of many people,” as reported by the AFP.
“To write ‘I’ve got AIDS’ or ‘I’ve had an abortion’ on a T-shirt, you would have to be devoid of all human feelings,” added Lublin Bishop Jozef Zycinski.
After cancellation of the t-shirt campaign, the International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights cancelled their so-called human rights film festival in protest.
(This article courtesy of LifeSiteNews.com.)
