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Monday, April 30, 2007

Pro-coffee tee tweaks Mormon Church, Church responds with trademark threat

A Utah coffee-shop made a funny t-shirt that showed coffee being funnelled into the trumpet of the Angel Moroni (a sigil that tops Mormon temples -- the Church enjoins ~~caffeine~~ hot drinks). The LDS Church threatened to sue for trademark infringement, so they got an even better design:

It shows a giant hand from the sky pouring the java - which the LDS Church urges its members to abstain from drinking - into a disembodied trumpet.
The caption: "The Lord giveth, and a church taketh away."
Store owners Ed Beazer and Van Lidell insist it's just harmless repartee, albeit a tad one-sided.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints isn't talking about the new design and whether it violates the trademark.

Link (Thanks, Amanda!)

(Photo ganked from a larger snap by Ryan Galbraith)

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