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Statement by Father John Jenkins on the Laetare Medal (Will Announce Replacement ASAP)
Notre Dame Newswire ^
| APRIL 27, 2009
| DENNIS BROWN
Posted on 04/27/2009 11:44:33 AM PDT by nickcarraway
The following statement from Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., president of the University of Notre Dame, is in response to the decision by Mary Ann Glendon to decline acceptance of the Universitys Laetare Medal:
We are, of course, disappointed that Professor Glendon has made this decision. It is our intention to award the Laetare Medal to another deserving recipient, and we will make that announcement as soon as possible.
TOPICS: Catholic; Current Events; General Discusssion; Religion & Politics
KEYWORDS: glendon; notredame; obama
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To: nickcarraway
How do you explain Sanger’s saying, “The most merciful thing that a large family does to one of its infant members is to kill it”?
Yes, Sanger was in favor of murdering those who were “unfit.”
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posted on
04/27/2009 12:08:34 PM PDT
by
Theo
(Global warming "scientists." Pro-evolution "scientists." They're both wrong.)
To: peyton randolph
I'll give Margaret Sanger this much: she abhorred abortion. Can't say the same about Obama.
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posted on
04/27/2009 12:13:50 PM PDT
by
utahagen
To: Arthur McGowan
How about Frances Kissling, who ran an abortion clinic and headed Catholics for a Free Choice for twenty years?
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posted on
04/27/2009 12:14:54 PM PDT
by
utahagen
To: Theo
I think Sanger was a bad person, but this particular remark was probably hyperbolic. (I'm not excusing it! I just think it's important to point out to people who lionize Sanger that she was opposed to abortion. That's how bad things are these days: many people who should know better believe it's ok to kill unborn babies, whereas it used to be that even bad people like Sanger knew abortion was wrong.)
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posted on
04/27/2009 12:17:29 PM PDT
by
utahagen
To: nickcarraway
You just had a major public slap in the face, Fr. Jenkins. No matter who you announce as a replacement, that won’t change.
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posted on
04/27/2009 12:33:06 PM PDT
by
SuziQ
To: shibumi
The Catholic Church sets a high moral bar, and Jenkins stoops to walk under it.
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posted on
04/27/2009 12:34:31 PM PDT
by
Petronski
(For the next few years, Gethsemane will not be marginal. We will know that garden. -- Cdl. Stafford)
To: nickcarraway
Why not give it to:
Illegal Abortionist Bertha Bugarin... About the same as honoring Obama...
Of course Bertha Burgarin may be serving her prison term and may not be available to attend the Commencement Services...
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posted on
04/27/2009 12:35:45 PM PDT
by
topher
(Let us return to old-fashioned morality - morality that has stood the test of time...)
To: MeanWestTexan
I would think any person who has so served a Christian denomination so as to deserve this award would similarly refuse it. Wouldn't it be great to see nominee after nominee decline to accept the award?
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posted on
04/27/2009 12:40:13 PM PDT
by
Bob
To: utahagen
I'll give Margaret Sanger this much: she abhorred abortion. Can't say the same about Obama. She did? That's a complete surprise to me.
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posted on
04/27/2009 12:42:51 PM PDT
by
Bob
To: Bob
It would. Of course, they’ll pre-screen the nominees so as to avoid this embarassment.
Some Ted Kennedy clone will get it.
But it will be a “cheap” medal, like winning because the other team forfeited.
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posted on
04/27/2009 12:49:08 PM PDT
by
MeanWestTexan
(Beware Obama's Reichstag Fire.)
To: Bob
I believe Margaret Sanger called abortionists “blood suckers” and believed that abortion ended a life, as opposed to preventing it from coming into existence. I believe also that Planned Parenthood's own brochures used to explain that life began at conception, and that contraception simply would prevent a new life from starting. This last factoid I'm unsure of, and would appreciate freepers help confirming or debunking: I believe there was a split within Planned Parenthood in the sixties about whether abortion was a cause the organization should take up. I think a group within PP was unhappy that promoting birth control slid into promoting abortion.
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posted on
04/27/2009 1:02:30 PM PDT
by
utahagen
To: Petronski
The Catholic Church sets a high moral bar, and Jenkins stoops to walk under it.
I disagree. The Catholic Church sets a high moral bar, and Jenkins couldn't see it on a clear day with binoculars.
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posted on
04/27/2009 1:11:20 PM PDT
by
ConservativeWarrior
(In last year's nests, there are no birds this year.)
To: nickcarraway
Maybe if he invited someone who is pro gay marriage, the Bishops wouldn’t object as much.
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posted on
04/27/2009 1:14:59 PM PDT
by
ex-snook
("Above all things, truth beareth away the victory.")
To: utahagen
FWIW, a quick look on wikipedia resulted in this:
In a chapter from Woman and the New Race (1920) entitled "Contraceptives or Abortion?," Sanger wrote, "While there are cases where even the law recognizes an abortion as justifiable if recommended by a physician, I assert that the hundreds of thousands of abortions performed in America each year are a disgrace to civilization."[26] Roger Streitmatter has claimed that Sanger's opposition to abortion stemmed primarily from a concern for the dangers to the mother rather than moral issues.[27] Nonetheless, in her 1938 autobiography, Sanger notes that her 1916 opposition to abortion was based on the taking of life: "To each group we explained what contraception was; that abortion was the wrong wayno matter how early it was performed it was taking life; that contraception was the better way, the safer wayit took a little time, a little trouble, but was well worth while in the long run, because life had not yet begun."[28]
In a 1916 edition of Family Limitation, Sanger advised women douche with boric acid and to take quinine to prevent implantation. She wrote further, "No one can doubt that there are times when an abortion is justifiable but they will become unnecessary when care is taken to prevent conception. This is the only cure for abortions."[citation needed]
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posted on
04/27/2009 1:23:47 PM PDT
by
Bob
To: Bob
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posted on
04/27/2009 1:36:43 PM PDT
by
utahagen
To: nickcarraway
Keep FReeping Notre Dame. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
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posted on
04/27/2009 2:51:22 PM PDT
by
Salvation
( †With God all things are possible.†)
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