[trisham]

Father Jenkins thought he had figured it out; Mary Ann Glendon would get the Laetare Medal. Glendon was deserving of the medal, far more deserving in fact than most who had already achieved it. There was no doubt about that. This year would be perfect. She would be on stage with her former student at Harvard, Barack Obama, and she would give Notre Dame cover. See how broad-minded Notre Dame is? Both points of view on stage at the same time! Glendon has now reminded Father Jenkins and Notre Dame that it is not broad-minded at all to give succor to both sides of a debate on matters of fundamental justice.

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This is by far the best article I have yet seen regarding this issue.

Really excellent analysis.

[livius]

Yes, it is excellent. It shows you how far back ND’s grand tradition of disobedience and scorn for the Magisterium goes. It’s interesting that the bishops are finally beginning to stand up and do their duty - even the late great Cdl O’Connor was apparently cowed by ND. Naturally, that just emboldened the ND dissident faction, who unfortunately were the people running the university.

[NYer]

Really excellent analysis.

It puts EVERYTHING into perspective, all the way back to Mario Cuomo. All these years we have pondered how Catholics slid down the slope ... now we have the full picture.

This is a keeper! Bookmarking it for the future.