In so doing, the school is only hurting themselves.
Our Lady weeps...
This is terrible. Dr. Charles Rice is a great man: Marine, law professsor, Catholic.
I’ll never forget the time he came into my high school class room in South Bend and proved the existence of God by reason and logic.
Notre Dame should be naming buildings after this guy - not censoring him.
Dr. Rice’s response:
From: Charles Rice
Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2010 3:04 PM
To: Matthew Gamber
Subject: Rice Column on Catholic Teaching on Homosexuality
Dear Mr. Gamber:
Thank you for your email informing me that my column presenting the teachings of the Church on homosexuality will not be published. Since 1992, I have been privileged to publish every two weeks a column, entitled “Right or Wrong,” in the Observer. I emphasize my appreciation for the unfailing professionalism and courtesy of the Observer editors with whom I have had contact over those years.
You mention the column “far exceeded our word limit guidelines.” It is in fact significantly shorter than each of the three previous columns published this semester in the Observer. I was not asked to shorten any of them. The rejected column accurately presented relevant teachings of the Catholic Church on homosexuality. I understand why you are concerned over the content of the column. You further propose that if I examine the topic of homosexuality in the future, “we thought it might be beneficial to do so in a point-counterpoint format, perhaps with an author of an opposing or differing viewpoint. That way, each ‘side,’ so to speak, would have the opportunity to present relevant facts, evidence and analysis to define its position.”
In a university that claims to be Catholic, I am not willing to restrict my presentation of Catholic teaching to a format that treats the authoritative teaching of the Church as merely one viewpoint or “side” among many. If you require that future columns of mine on homosexuality comply with a format such as you propose, it will be inappropriate for me to continue writing the column for the Observer.
Sincerely,
Charles E. Rice
Professor Emeritus
Notre Dame Law School
Congrats to Mr Rice for standing up to the editor.
Sad to see another institution turning away from Christ to adopt secularism.
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Hateful. Every Catholic and every Notre Dame alumnus should know this.
BTT
Prayers for the Holy Spirit to work and bring that great university back to its origins.