Just talked to Patrick Flynn. He says there are at minimum several thousand pro-lifers outside, with more buses rolling in. He’s with Dr. Keyes.
He said there are a couple of counter protesters across the street, but every time they fire up their bullhorn, our bagpipers fire up and drown them out.
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Notre Dame is honoring Obama, and that is the difference and the issue. Honoring is not engaging. Honoring goes well beyond hearing him speak and his different viewpoint. Honoring him sends a message to the youth that Obama's message is worth honor, and immulation...and that is a lie. It is in direct opposition to the precepts of the Catholic Church on life and morality which Notre Dame is first and foremost supposed to represent and promote.
Way to go Alan!
It was the usual appeal to moral relativism as the supposed higher ground. Then there was the very unfortune slur, the president's reference to "parochial" views. This is ALWAYS code for an anti-Catholic dig. Suggesting "parochial" views are in conflict with a higher ground of "universal" moral relativism.
Jenkins' hysterial speech praising Obama was disgraceful. One of the most disgraceful and shameful moments in Catholic intellectual history and the postconciliar period. It's clear Jenkins' is an hysterical supporter of Obama and shameless liberal. This was absurd from the Stockholm Syndrome valedictorian to the hysterical cheering for Obama.
One moment of great irony: As Obama started his spin on relativism for abortion you could hear a baby crying in the audience on the Fox News feed.