A man wearing a yellow T-shift with the words "Jesus Saves" was told to leave the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota, by a security guard in a video posted online.
On the back of the man's shirt were the words "Jesus Is The Only Way." The "coexist symbol," which represents peace among several religions, has a line drawn through it.
The man was told by the security guard that could either leave the mall or take off the shirt.
"You want to shop here, you need to take that shirt off," one guard is seen telling the unidentified man.
The man is seen pleading his case to security guards.
"What is wrong with it?" he asks.
The guard then says in the video: "Again, sir, it is religious soliciting. There is no soliciting on mall property, which is private property."
The mall's website specifically says there is to be no "picketing, demonstrating, soliciting, protesting or petitioning" in the mall.
The Daily Mail said the video was recorded Jan. 7.
The newspaper's website, which posted the video, quoted a mall spokesman as saying the man was eventually permitted to stay in the mall while wearing the shirt.
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