Posted on 04/27/2009 3:54:12 PM PDT by radar101
Ivy League law professors are often derided by folks on the center-to-right side of the political spectrum as out-of-touch, Volvo-driving, ivory-tower liberals. While we haven't done our own research on the exact degree to which that's true, we do suspect that the faculties at the top law schools tilt to the political left (though whether Volvos are indeed the car of choice, we have no idea).
That said, we were reminded today that not everyone is of the same political stripe. Take Harvard Law School's Mary Ann Glendon, a conservative pro-lifer who turned down an award from the University of Notre Dame because she disagrees with the school's decision to invite President Obama to deliver this year's commencement address. Click here for the story, from CNN.com.
In a letter to the university's president, Glendon explained her decision not to attend the commencement ceremony and not to accept the Laetare Medal from the university in a letter to Notre Dame's president. She wrote:
“I could not help but be dismayed by the news that Notre Dame also planned to award the president an honorary degree.” She also said that she considered the decision to give Obama an honorary degree a violation of a request from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops that Catholic institutions not honor individuals who act in defiance of the church's fundamental principles or give awards or platforms that suggest support for the actions of such individuals.
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Good, at least this woman has balls. :-)
I have met her, she is really a lovely person.
Hey! Odumbo’s and Nappy’s DHS have a new terrorist to watch.
I have met her, she is really a lovely person.
why is this not a surprise?
just one more person on the right to admire.
God bless Mary Ann Glendon.I wish she had made it to the US Supreme Court.
I would love to shake to this ladie’s hand. One in a million she is! May the Lord watch over her and bless her!
She did Our Lady proud. What a beautiful woman.
Wow — in just a day her Facebook fan group has almost 900 members.
Of course, it would have to be a Republican Senate and Presidency for that to happen...
Notre Dame, for your betrayal of Christianity and the sanctity of human life, YOU DESERVE NOTHING!
NOTHING!!!!!!!!!!!
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