Posted on 05/18/2009 2:30:15 AM PDT by rhema
Edited on 05/18/2009 4:38:50 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
President Barack Obama arrives at Notre Dame today already triumphant, the champion of the pro-abortion rights lobby ready to be honored by America's pre-eminent Roman Catholic university.
This controversy has been spun as Catholics opposing a president offering a commencement address at Notre Dame. That's not really the issue. What most are angry about is that a great Catholic university is conferring an honorary degree upon a politician whose position on abortion is in absolute conflict with Catholic teaching.
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Notre Dame is a Catholic University in the sense that:
Colin Powell is a Republican
Tokyo Rose was an American
Kathleen Parker is a Conservative.
"with buzzwords like "diversity" and "nuance" flying around"
He wants them to be "fair-minded" and to "keep their hearts open" to abortion, like good little liberals and socialists. It was the appeal to moral relativism as the supposed higher ground.
Notre Dame's Kabuki Dance with Obama and the Culture of Death
Excellent comparisons.
Satan is VERY happy.
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