Just down the road from me in Ann Arbor, Meefers is reporting that Michigan's hoitie-toitie Somerset Mall is demanding that Armani Exchange remove its AIDS Awareness message, featuring a large heart designed out of red condoms:

In bright red letters across the window of the Armani Exchange store in Somerset Mall are the words “Reasons to Love.” Ironically, this message is one that’s been tempered with a distinct lack of love and acceptance by mall officials, who have demanded that the store remove it’s previous Valentine’s Day display which contained an AIDS-awareness heart made out of red-foil wrapped condoms. Now there are simply mannequins behind these words. Dressed in red, white and black the mannequins are headless and also message-free.

At 76 Armani Exchange stores across the nation, the simple design of condoms hung together in the shape of a heart, helps the chain to promote AIDS Awareness. Armani partners with the National AIDS Fund, and the display is part of their “Give Love, Get Love” campaign to encourage safe sex. The store inside Somerset Mall is the only one Nationwide to ban the display, according to the Michigan AIDS Coalition.

Just further proof at how out of touch America is when it comes to sex, sexuality, and HIV prevention.