Coca-Cola is in trouble after not allowing “Jesus” on personalized cans

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Coca-Cola drew the ire of American conservatives after it reportedly banned words like “Jesus” and “Trump” on personalized cans of soda sold online.

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Videos posted on social media showed that words like “Jesus loves you” and “Trump 2024” were not allowed to be printed on the cans, while “Satan,” “Allah” and “Kamala Harris” were. This led to some calls to boycott Coca-Cola products as the banned words on the personalization tool appeared to be anti-conservative.

But after complaints, Coca-Cola reportedly fixed the error and banned all words that are “trademarked, political in nature, names of countries, celebrities, religious figures, and anything that could be considered offensive for any other reason.” the British Daily Mail.

Some people who commented that “Jesus” cannot be used on a can of Coke pointed out that it is a common name in the United States.

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“If a submission is not approved, for example for a specific name, a consumer may present an ID with their legal name in a store for a store manager to approve the printing,” Coke said in a statement, according to the Daily Mail. “If filing is done online, a consumer can also modify their request.

“We recognize that the technology is imperfect, which is why we have additional layers of approval.”

Antwoine Hill originally posted the bug on Facebook and it quickly spread to X.

“I’ll point out the obvious: The only name that generates this much backlash and hate is the name Jesus,” Hill told the Daily Dot. “So to me it doesn’t seem nearly as big as these issues, but still, I won’t support a company that doesn’t support Jesus.”

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