A CONSERVATIVE Utah city that decided it likely would lose a legal battle over a national clothing store’s “offensive” mall display of T-shirts has instead sent the company a scathing letter.
The letter from city officials in Orem, about 40 miles south of Salt Lake City, was a show of support for a mother who was so upset about the shirts at a local PacSun store that she bought them all to remove them from a window display. The T-shirts featured pictures of scantily dressed models in provocative poses.
Judy Cox then filed a complaint with the city saying the shirts violated city code, which prohibits “explicit sexual material” on public display.
“This type of public display is objectionable, not just to us, but to many of the citizens of Orem,” the letter said.
“We value our children and do not want to subject them to this kind of public display in our mall.”
Orem, in ultraconservative Utah County, has a population of about 90,000. Most residents belong to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which frowns on pornography and encourages its youth to dress and act modestly.
Ms Cox spotted the T-shirt window display in February while shopping with her 18-year-old son at the University Mall.
