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1 posted on 05/20/2009 4:43:26 PM PDT by Mozilla

2 posted on 05/20/2009 4:44:29 PM PDT by GOP Poet

5 posted on 05/20/2009 4:57:24 PM PDT by Colofornian

6 posted on 05/20/2009 5:04:56 PM PDT by Wild Irish Rogue

I’m no longer Catholic, so I can’t say anything about Notre Dame...

But if BYU ever bestows an honorary degree on Obama, I won’t send my daughters there.

7 posted on 05/20/2009 5:06:39 PM PDT by Choose Ye This Day (Tu ne cede malis.)

It’s just another Eastern Liberal-run university, nothing more.

8 posted on 05/20/2009 5:07:26 PM PDT by webschooner

The Fighting Irish are now the sissy Liberals.

9 posted on 05/20/2009 5:09:08 PM PDT by bmwcyle (American voters can fix this world if they would just wake up.)

Laura still in Radio?? never hear her in Philly!!

10 posted on 05/20/2009 5:10:48 PM PDT by philly-d-kidder (Â“Nothing is more powerful than a man who praysÂ” (St. John Crisostomus))

They’re still cowering before PC. For some reason they are still afraid of Zero and being seen as racist.

13 posted on 05/20/2009 5:26:44 PM PDT by Niuhuru

The university should formally drop the name of Notre Dame.

15 posted on 05/20/2009 5:35:33 PM PDT by windsorknot

The real question here isn’t whether Notre Dame is still Catholic in any meaningful sense, it’s what it means to be “Catholic” in America today. 54 percent of Catholics voted for The One last fall and 67 percent approved of his job performance as of three weeks ago; majorities approve of torture in at least some circumstances and say they’re more likely to consider common sense and experience when making decisions than Church teachings; a narrow plurality think priests should be allowed to marry. Even on abortion and stem cells, those calling themselves Catholic are almost indistinguishable from non-Catholics (although there are sharp differences between non-Catholics and Catholics who attend mass regularly). And of course the Vatican itself is as squishy as can be when it comes to taking on Obama for his stances. The Church, ironically, seems to have the opposite problem from the GOP these days: They’re so comfortable with “centrists” that it’s no longer clear what American Catholicism stands for. Which puts Notre Dame squarely inside the mainstream.

Ouch.

16 posted on 05/20/2009 5:54:12 PM PDT by Alex Murphy (Presbyterians often forget that John Knox had been a Sunday bowler.)

And their football team sucks too

17 posted on 05/20/2009 5:54:50 PM PDT by slumber1

Anyone can say they are a Catholic to a pollster. It isn’t like any proof is required. Anyone can lie to a pollster to skew a poll. These polls as to what “catholics” approve of or vote for are absolutely meaningless.

18 posted on 05/20/2009 6:22:21 PM PDT by An American In Dairyland

They’re no longer a viable football institution, either.

22 posted on 05/20/2009 8:17:30 PM PDT by dfwgator (1996 2006 2008 - Good Things Come in Threes)

To: AdmSmith; Berosus; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Fred Nerks; george76; ...

:’) Maybe a little overstated.

24 posted on 05/21/2009 8:09:59 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/____________________ Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)

Laura speaks to me as another Catholic. I have to agree with her.........and what is with the big BORe? isn’t he supposed to be Catholic?

25 posted on 05/21/2009 8:19:13 PM PDT by tioga

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