Bishop Corrects Catholic College for Inviting Gay "Marriage" Advocate

Catholic Online ^ | 2/18/09 | Deacon Keith Fournier

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Statement of the Diocese of Scranton in Response to Misericordia University’s Plans to Host Speaker Keith Boykin

"Misericordia University’s Diversity Institute is twice providing at the University on February 17, 2009, a platform for Keith Boykin.

"Mr. Boykin has authored three books and all three have been nominated for a Lambda Literary award. Lambda is a legal advocacy effort for homosexual causes. Mr. Boykin is an avid supporter of same sex marriage and is an activist for positions disturbingly opposed to Catholic moral teaching.

"Bishop Martino wants Catholics of the Diocese of Scranton to know of his absolute disapproval of Misericordia University’s hosting Mr. Boykin. By honoring this speaker through allowing his positions, so antithetical to Catholic Church teaching, to be broadcast on its campus, the University has rejected all four essential characteristics of a Catholic institution of higher learning. These are: its Christian inspiration, its obligation to reflect on knowledge in light of the Catholic faith, its fidelity to Catholic Church teaching and its commitment to serve the people of God.

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Boykin is an activist and advocate for 'homosexual rights', by which he means more than recognizing the dignity of all persons including homosexual persons.

[A.A. Cunningham]

Boykin is intrinsically disordered.

[Albion Wilde]

Well, congratulations that this Bishop is willing to do the right thing. It's more than I can say for Georgetown, where faculty stomped offstage during the 2002 graduation because the speaker said that homosexual behavior is one of many post-modern behaviors that undermine the family (he mentioned ten others, such as divorce and abortion); and also where Saudi megabucks have built a huge new center for "Muslim-Christian understanding." In other words, Catholics are infidels, understand?

[Coleus]

Diocese of Scranton Bishop Joseph Martino has condemned Misericordia University for "seriously failing" in its Catholic identity by inviting homosexual rights advocate Keith Boykin for two lecture appearances scheduled for today.

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Way to go Bishop Martino, we all know what diversity and tolerance clubs are all about.  Now they know that we know.

[jmaroneps37]

Is this the same Bishop who told Abortion Joe not to present himself for Holy Communion in his diocese?

[MountainFlower]

Praise God the Bishop has the boldness to speak and speak truth. May it be full truth and be listened to!