Officials at a Louisiana high school Friday painted over a business logo because it contained a cross symbol and the word “Christ” in a move that “baffled” the business owner.
Billy Weatherall, the owner of Christ Fit Gym, said he paid $3,500 for his business logo to be painted in the end zone at Benton High School. The end zone logo displayed a cross, the name of the business, and “1 Timothy 4:8.”
But hours prior to the Friday night football game, the logo was covered with paint. Weatherall won a temporary injunction preventing the logo from being painted over, but not before it already was covered.
Weatherall sued the Benton Football Booster Club.
“It’s a battle over the mind of a child,” his attorney, Ryan Gatti, told KSLA-TV. Students were ordered to paint over the logo, Gatti said.
“Just let that sink in. They were told to spray paint over the name of Christ,” Gatti said.
Weatherall said he’s been asked to withdraw the lawsuit but is refusing to do so.
“It’s a slow fade,” he told KSLA. “And I promise you, if I don’t stand up for this right now, it ain’t stopping with the logo on the field. They’ll be coming for ads next. They’ll be coming for what’s in the programs. It’s just not gonna stop right here, I promise you it will not stop with this.
“But what we need to do, we need to take a stand and just…
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