WATP Print slammed after selling pro-protestant t-shirts
A clothing company has been branded 'moronic' for selling t-shirts with pro-Protestant slogans on aimed at 0 to six-month-old babies in Northern Ireland.
We are tee people Print, based in Portadown, County Armagh are selling t-shirts in the lead up to Orangemen's Day on July 12.
One of the t-shirts bears the slogans 'Proud to be a baby Prod' with an image of a baby holding a Union flag captioned 'No Surrender.'
Another t-shirt is emblazoned with 'My First 12th' while a third states: 'Following in daddy's footsteps' with a union flag footprint.
The t-shirts are being sold in the run up to Orangemen's Day on July 12 and are aimed at babies aged 0 to six months and children up to 12 years old
The pro-Protestant clothing has received criticism from an anti-sectarian group branding the t-shirts 'pathetic' and 'moronic'
A bib, that can be customized with any name, says 'Isabella's first 12th July' next to an image of a baby's dummy decorated with a union flag.
The clothes have been advertised on the company's Facebook page and a post last week said:Â 'Attention mini loyalists, get ready for the parades with our range of kids 12th July tees.
'Sizes starting from 0-6 months up to 12 years.'
Another Facebook post said: 'Keep the little loyal babies clean this holiday season with our personalised bibs'Â
Anti-sectarian campaigners have branded the company 'pathetic', and have said the t-shirts 'demean' the faith.
But the company claim they are just 'harmless fun' and said they have sold a 'significant' number already.
Commenting on the t-shirts a spokesman for Scottish anti-sectarian charity Nil by Mouth said: 'This is a pathetic way to dress your child.
'If you are proud of your religion then take your child to church. These bigoted items of clothing demean the faith and are a pathetic way to make a few pounds.
A spokeswoman for the shop defended the shirts and said they were 'harmless fun' and they have been popular with customers
'It can't be stressed how moronic they are.'
The clothing was heavily criticised on social media with one Twitter user saying it made them 'sick'.
One Twitter user wrote: 'A baby doesn't even know what god is, how the f**k is it going to have an opinion on the nature of sin.'
One said: 'I've just got sick in my mouth.'
While another added: 'How the f**k is a baby going to be proud to be anything?'
Orangemen's Day is celebrated on July 12 and marks the victory of Protestant kind William of Orange over Catholic king James II at the Battle of the Boyne
A spokeswoman for WATP Print said: 'These t-shirts are harmless fun and I see no reason for anyone to make a derogatory comment about them.
'The holidays are huge in Northern Ireland and we've sold a significant number of the tops already.
'If parents choose not to buy them, it's up to them.'
July 12, also known as Orangemen's Day celebrates victory of Protestant king William of Orange over Catholic king James II at the Battle of the Boyne.
Tens of thousands of people attend marches across Northern Ireland to celebrate.
Celtic FC were due to play Belfast-club Linfield on the eve of July 11 this yea r in a Champions League qualifier, but the match has now been moved to July 14 amid safety fears.
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