[lbo-talk] where's the IHS? Christians freaked

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Mon Apr 20 18:37:00 PDT 2009


<http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=46667>

Georgetown Says It Covered Over Name of Jesus to Comply With White House Request Wednesday, April 15, 2009 By Edwin Mora

(CNSNews.com) - Georgetown University says it covered over the monogram “IHS”--symbolizing the name of Jesus Christ—because it was inscribed on a pediment on the stage where President Obama spoke at the university on Tuesday and the White House had asked Georgetown to cover up all signs and symbols there.

As of Wednesday afternoon, the “IHS” monogram that had previously adorned the stage at Georgetown’s Gaston Hall was still covered up-- when the pediment where it had appeared was photographed by CNSNews.com.

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