Posted on 05/01/2009 1:37:40 PM PDT by wagglebee
CHICAGO, May 1, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) - In response to the University of Notre Dame's invitation to President Barack Obama to deliver the commencement address and receive an honorary degree on May 17, the Pro-Life Action League has erected two large billboards located near the South Bend, Ind., campus.
The billboards, to go up May 4 on the Indiana Toll Road, Interstate 80/90, will read, "NOTRE DAME: Obama is pro abortion choice. How dare you honor him," along with a picture of a baby in utero sucking its thumb. They also will list a Web address, NotreDameProtest.com, where visitors can get information on the protests planned during the graduation weekend at Notre Dame.
"These billboards will be seen by hundreds of thousands of motorists, including most of the families coming to Notre Dame for the graduation exercises," said Eric Scheidler, the League's communications director. "They will help make the direct and irrefutable connection between Barack Obama and abortion."
The League and its national director Joe Scheidler, a Notre Dame alumnus and former teacher there, already have called on the university's president, Rev. John Jenkins, to rescind his invitation to Obama. They have protested at the university, and have said they will return to decry Obama's appearance on May 17 if Jenkins' invite stands. Nearly 60 Catholic bishops and scores of pro-life leaders have written Jenkins, urging him to cancel Obama's talk, or otherwise protested his decision.
"As scandalous as the Obama invitation is, it presents us with a welcome opportunity to highlight Barack Obama's pro-abortion record--something which was largely concealed by the Obama campaign and the media during last year's campaign," Scheidler said. "Obama's extreme pro-abortion agenda is out of step with the majority of Americans, and that news is finally getting out, thanks to this controversy."
One of the League's billboards will be located on Interstate 80/90 east, half a mile east of the Elkhart exit No. 92, about 15 miles east of the Notre Dame exit, and the other on Interstate 80/90 west near Rolling Prairie, about 25 miles west of the Notre Dame exit. The League has rented the two billboards for 30 days each, so they will be in place for two weeks leading up to the Notre Dame commencement, as well as two weeks afterward.
The Michigan-based pro-life group, Citizens for a Pro-Life Society, also contributed to the cost of the billboards.
This is GREAT NEWS!
I hope it gets results, INCLUDING DISinviting BO.
obumpa
Boortz is the worse kind of libertarian, the liberty and life for me but none for thee kind. He’s also a coward because the reason he doesn’t talk about abortion is that he worries about losing audience.
He lost me the first time he opened his mouth on abortion while I was listening to an interview of him.
Non aggression? The weakest and most innocent among us are exempt from that precept of libertarianism where Boortz and those like him are concerned.
As to the billboard folks, good on’em all!
Have you seen this yet?
Judge John T. Noonan Jr., the 1984 recipient of the Laetare Medal, has accepted an invitation to deliver an address in the spirit of the award at Notre Dame’s 164th University Commencement Ceremony on May 17. His speech will be in lieu of awarding the medal this year.
“In thinking about who could bring a compelling voice, a passion for dialogue, great intellectual stature, and a deep commitment to Catholic values to the speaking role of the Laetare Medalist – especially in these unusual circumstances – it quickly became clear that an ideal choice is Judge Noonan,” said Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., president of Notre Dame. “This commencement ceremony, more than anything else, is a celebration of our students and their families. Judge Noonan will join with President Obama and other speakers in that celebration, sending them from our campus and into the world with sound advice and affirmation.
“Since Judge Noonan is a previous winner of the Laetare Medal, we have decided, upon reflection, to not award the medal this year.”
NO Fr. Jenkins, you were told to stuff it by a Catholic whose faith is more important to her than celebrity.
Jenkins does not deserve either of his positions, that of a Priest and as the presidnet of a Catholic University.
I’ll surely be in confession this week with the thoughts I’m having about this man.
Great!
They deserve no less, and probably more; like a stout rope..
Our new Fuhrer will demand it..
Yes, identity theft is a terrible problem these days..
I’m grateful for what’s being done, but as you said, pictures posted of the real thing would confront this nation with the horrible truth of abortion.
Here’s some pictures which would get the point across (and the website is a great resource for pro-lifers):
http://www.abortionno.org/Resources/pictures_3.html
We pray that they will and our hope is in God.
Father Jenkins’s priestly faculties should be revoked by Bishop D’Arcy.
Jenkins demonstrates absolute contemp for the Catholic Church.
Every time I see those pice I am not offended. Rather, I am ashamed of myself for not doing more to stop the slaughter of the innocents.
I do wish they had used “President Obama”. It would speak to the values of those opposing him.
These essdays have appeared on http://collinsreport.net
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BTTT
"Obama, why won't you release your long form Hawaii birth certificate?"
"Obama, what is the name of your birth hospital?"
"Obama, why won't you release your Occidental, Columbia, and Harvard college records?"
Bears repeating!
OMG! You've done it again! Brilliantly witty, deft and devastating!
Amen!!
And blessed is he who is not offended because of Me.” —Matthew 11:6
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