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As one Catholic college almost goes full Marxist, another is a voice for human decency
American Thinker ^ | 07/08/2020 | Andrea Widburg

Posted on 07/08/2020 7:38:56 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

The Jesuits were once renowned for their intellectual rigor. Any person who graduated from a Jesuit-run institution was presumptively well educated, morally centered, and capable of reasoning. Marquette University, a Jesuit institution, has slipped from that standard, for it attacked an incoming freshman for supporting Trump. However, the bracing honesty coming from New Saint Andrews College signals that there's still hope for a rigorous Christian education in America.

In 1881, the Jesuits founded Marquette University, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. To Marquette's credit, although established as a single-sex men's college, in 1909, it became the first coeducational Catholic university in the world. It is consistently one of the more highly ranked American colleges.

Don't let the college rankings fool you, though. The Jesuits are among the most liberal groups within Catholicism. That is their right. It becomes a problem, though, when a Jesuit institution such as Marquette lets an incoming college freshman know that it might rescind its offer because she supports President Trump. Marquette backed away from this position only when the story went public.

The College Fix initially reported the story as follows:

Soon to be Marquette University freshman Samantha Pfefferle has yet to even step foot on campus, yet she said she is already facing possible dismissal from the school.

The threat to cancel Pfefferle's admission came after she posted a video to her account on the popular social media site TikTok showing her support for President Donald Trump.

In the video that sent leftist tempers soaring, Pfefferle dances joyously before a Trump 2020 sign and a Marquette 2024 sign, along with captions revealing the prejudice she faces for supporting Trump:

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@conservativegirl0

When the libs find their way to your page🤧🤣##trump ##trump2020 ##republicanhypehouse ##republicans

♬ GOOBA - 6ix9ine

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(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Education; History; Society
KEYWORDS: catholic; colleges; education; marquette; marxism; standrews
The video went viral, and many in the Marquette community responded badly, with some going as far as to threaten her life or — and this is something significant coming from an ostensibly Christian community — saying she is unworthy of prayers. That pushback was to be expected. One enterprising person even created a form letter asking Marquette to eject her.
1 posted on 07/08/2020 7:38:56 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

And New Saint Andrews is in Moscow no less. (OK it’s Moscow IA but I digress.)


2 posted on 07/08/2020 7:44:10 AM PDT by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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To: SeekAndFind

She’ll be treated like a pariah once she gets there, too.


3 posted on 07/08/2020 7:45:04 AM PDT by Campion (What part of "shall not be infringed" don't they understand?)
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To: SeekAndFind

What did she say in the video?


4 posted on 07/08/2020 7:56:27 AM PDT by dixie1202
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To: SeekAndFind

I hope this has a good ending - like she told Marquette to F off and went to St Andrews instead. That’s the only way these schools will get the message.


5 posted on 07/08/2020 8:02:01 AM PDT by livius
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To: SeekAndFind

Saw the video myself. She didn’t say anything. Just danced around pointing to Trump signs while wearing Marquette gear. She got death threats from students, who will probably face no discipline.


6 posted on 07/08/2020 8:05:44 AM PDT by dixie1202
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Schools, like nations, need to learn; when you give up your faith and turn away from God, you become a SH!THOLE.


7 posted on 07/08/2020 8:12:24 AM PDT by NewCenturions
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To: SeekAndFind
The video went viral, and many in the Marquette community responded badly, with some going as far as to threaten her life or — and this is something significant coming from an ostensibly Christian community — saying she is unworthy of prayers. That pushback was to be expected. One enterprising person even created a form letter asking Marquette to eject her.

What? This coming from liberal college students? You know, the ones who bludgeon anyone who questions their lifestyles with the "judge not lest ye be judged" quote?

8 posted on 07/08/2020 9:25:41 AM PDT by Sergio (An object at rest cannot be stopped! - The Evil Midnight Bomber What Bombs at Midnight)
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Jesuits were world renown, back in the day. Their mastery of calculus made them indespensible on the battlefield.

In the 1500s and 1600s they were master artillery men.

It is how they ingratiated themselves with the Shoguns in Japan and the warlords of China.

Saving souls was a bit of a sideline business to their political intrigues.


9 posted on 07/08/2020 9:31:15 AM PDT by steve in DC
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What a blessing she learned their truth before she spent all of that time, effort and money on indoctrination!

Thankya, Jesus! This is a “near miss” if she doesn’t find a better school.

10 posted on 07/08/2020 9:42:52 AM PDT by GBA (Here in the matrix, merrily, merrily, life is but a dream.)
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As an Alum (BA in Journalism, Class of 86) I am saddened, but not surprised as the downward spiral of Catholic values in a “Catholic” University continues unabated...


11 posted on 07/08/2020 9:49:14 AM PDT by Thunder 6
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