M&S backtracks on banning ‘Christ’

Written by Super User 06 Mar 2015

The words ‘Christ’ and ‘Jesus Christ’ have been removed from a list of banned offensive terms by Marks & Spencer. The u-turn follows an online barrage of comments after it emerged, Sunday 1 March that the terms had been banned. Customers who had previously tried to include them in greetings with online purchases of flowers were prevented from completing their orders, with an on-screen notification, reading: 'Sorry, there's something in your message we can't write.' The policy emerged this weekend when Geraldine Stockford, a pastor’s wife from Christ Church Teddington, was blocked from ordering a £35 bouquet of spring flowers as a gift. The message Geraldine had tried to enter ran: ‘Thank you for your care and practical help for Margaret in her last days. With love from her church family, Christ Church Teddington. ‘