Vast protest against Obama commencement address at Notre Dame gathers pace
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Damian ThompsonHoly Smoke
Posted By: Damian Thompson at Mar 24, 2009 at 01:34:44
Oh boy, have those Catholics who suck up to Barack Obama got a PR problem on their hands. As of tonight, 40,000 people - mostly Catholics - have signed a petition condemning the decision to ask the manically pro-abortion President to give the commencement address at Notre Dame University on May 17.
"Help Stop the Scandal at Our Lady's University" reads the message of this website, which gives out the phone number and email address of Fr John Jenkins, president of the historic Catholic institution in South Bend, Indiana.
The petition doesn't mince its words:
It is an outrage and a scandal that "Our Lady’s University," one of the premier Catholic universities in the United States, would bestow such an honor on President Obama given his clear support for policies and laws that directly contradict fundamental Catholic teachings on life and marriage.
This nation has many thousands of accomplished leaders in the Catholic Church, in business, in law, in education, in politics, in medicine, in social services, and in many other fields who would be far more appropriate choices to receive such an honor from the University of Notre Dame.
Instead Notre Dame has chosen prestige over principles, popularity over morality. Whatever may be President Obama’s admirable qualities, this honor comes on the heels of some of the most anti-life actions of any American president, including expanding federal funding for abortions and inviting taxpayer-funded research on stem cells from human embryos.
Other, more mildly worded petitions are also circulating, which don't call for Obama to be disinvited; but the version above, which does, is gathering tremendous pace.
Embarrassed, Fr Jenkins? You should be. Catholics who genuflect to Obama are, to use an Australian term, lower than shark's poo. Remember: this president is not just pro-choice; he is the most militantly pro-abortion politician ever to be elected to Congress. Universities that support a woman's right to late-term abortions should indeed honour this man. Those that don't, such as Catholic universities, shouldn't.
To sign, click here. I just have.
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