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Canisius College – a Jesuit institution – has invited an open homosexual activist, Dustin Lance Black, to talk about “Leadership for Equal Rights: GLBT Equality.” According to the college’s web site, the lecture is scheduled on March 10 as part of a Leadership Series program. The web site post is here: http://www.canisius.edu/campus_leader/workshops.asp Not only is Black a homosexual activist and screenwriter for the movie “Milk,” but he is also a board member of the American Foundation for Equal Rights (AFER), which sponsored a federal court challenge to overturn Prop. 8 – the 2008 amendment that defends traditional marriage in California....

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BUFFALO, N.Y. A new poll shows former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani beating Senator Hillary Clinton if the 2008 presidential election were held today. The nationwide poll was conducted by Canisius College. It surveyed 455 Americans over 18 Sunday through Tuesday. The poll showed the Republican former mayor beating the Democratic senator 54 to 38 percent in a hypothetical battle. Clinton loses among voters in red states, which is no surprise, but Giuliani breaks even in the blue states. Like several other recent national polls, the Canisius survey shows a high degree of dissatisfaction with the performance of President Bush....

On Saturday, after withdrawing the Diocese of Buffalo's sponsorship of a speech by U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton, Bishop Edward Kmiec issued the following statement: "As Bishop of the Diocese of Buffalo, I wish to inform the faithful and the community that the Diocese of Buffalo is not associated with the planning or promotion of the lecture of Senator Hillary Clinton at Canisius College on Monday, January 31, 2005. This event has been arranged under the auspices of Canisius College without previous consultation. "Although Catholic Charities was listed as a sponsor, this was without the knowledge that Senator Clinton would be...

http://www.canisius.edu/campus_leader/calendar.asp#clinton Bishop to let Clinton speak at Canisius - But says he is displeased college invited her ------------- By STEPHEN WATSON News Staff Reporter 1/29/2005 The bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Buffalo said Friday he is not pleased that Canisius College invited pro-choice Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton to campus but he will allow her to speak Monday at the Catholic school. The Most Rev. Edward U. Kmiec said the invitation was made without input from the diocese, and the offices of Church Ministry and Catholic Charities have pulled their sponsorship of the lecture. But Kmiec said the speech should...

The bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Buffalo said Friday he is not pleased that Canisius College invited pro-choice Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton to campus but he will allow her to speak Monday at the Catholic school. The Most Rev. Edward U. Kmiec said the invitation was made without input from the diocese, and the offices of Church Ministry and Catholic Charities have pulled their sponsorship of the lecture. But Kmiec said the speech should go forward because the church needs to maintain a dialogue with Clinton, D-N.Y., and other public officials with whom they disagree on the issue of...

The decision by a Buffalo, New York Catholic college to invite Sen. Hillary Clinton to speak has enraged local pro-life groups and has prompted two prominent Catholic organizations sponsoring the event to back out. The pro-abortion Democrat is scheduled to address the Montante Cultural Center on Monday as part of Canisius College's "Corporal Works of Mercy" lecture series, organized by former Rep. John J. LaFalce. Reacting to news of her invitation, Catholic Charities and the Office of Church Ministry have withdrawn their sponsorship, reports the Buffalo News. The Buffalo diocese has received hundreds of calls and e-mails complaining about Clinton's...

BUFFALO - Abortion opponents on Friday urged a Catholic college to withdraw its speaking invitation to Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton because she is pro-choice. The Democratic senator is scheduled to speak at Canisius College on Monday on the government's role in caring for the sick. The address is part of the college's "Corporal Works of Mercy" lecture series. An aide said Clinton would not discuss abortion as part of her speech, and never intended to. Nor had Clinton considered canceling her appearance because of the objections. "She's absolutely planning on being there," spokeswoman Jennifer Hanley said. The Diocese of Buffalo...

A presentation by Deroy Murdock on reparations and race relations, recorded at Canisius College in March, is scheduled for repeat on C-Span at 12:15 AMEDT. Murdock is super in arguing against reparations, raising such questions as how much of a share of any settlement should someone like Tiger Woods, a wealthy quarter-black, receive and what would happen to all the existing programs which many blacks rely on for assistance should reparations be granted. You may need to keep the barf bag handy for some of the Q/A session, however; some in the audience are simply outrageous, like the professor who...