<DIV ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0"> Since this came via Art, I would sign the petition.  However, what assurance will I have that I won't be inundated with unsolicited emails once they get my address?</FONT></DIV><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0"><br></FONT><DIV ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">Carol</FONT></DIV><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0"><br></FONT><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0"><br></FONT><DIV ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at  3:53 PM, Art Kelly wrote:</FONT></DIV><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0"><br></FONT><DIV ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">--- On <B>Mon, 3/23/09, Brian Burch - CatholicVote.org </B><B><I><brianburch@catholicvote.com> </I></B>wrote: </FONT></DIV><DIV ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">From: Brian Burch - CatholicVote.org <brianburch@catholicvote.com> </FONT></DIV><DIV ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">Subject: Notre Dame Shame </FONT></DIV><DIV ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">To: arthurkelly@yahoo.com </FONT></DIV><DIV ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">Date: Monday, March 23, 2009, 2:08 PM </FONT></DIV><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0"><br></FONT><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0"><br></FONT><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0"><br></FONT><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0"><br></FONT><DIV ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">Dear CatholicVote.org Member, </FONT></DIV><DIV ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">Like many of you, we received the news last Friday that President Barack Obama will deliver the commencement address at the University of Notre Dame this May. <FONT COLOR="#3333FF"><A HREF="http://paracom.paramountcommunication.com/ct/2923701:3759206792:m:1:147386598:32A43A2674C19ADEE9539377417D18C8" TARGET="_blank"></A></FONT></FONT></DIV><DIV ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">In addition to delivering the address, the President will receive an honorary doctor of laws degree.  In short, one of our nation’s premier Catholic institutions will honor the President, and hold out him as an example to its students as someone worthy of emulation! <FONT COLOR="#3333FF"><A HREF="http://paracom.paramountcommunication.com/ct/2923701:3759206792:m:1:147386598:32A43A2674C19ADEE9539377417D18C8" TARGET="_blank"></A></FONT></FONT></DIV><DIV ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0"><B>Given President Obama’s utterly shameful record on life, how could a Catholic university honor him? </B><FONT COLOR="#3333FF"><A HREF="http://paracom.paramountcommunication.com/ct/2923701:3759206792:m:1:147386598:32A43A2674C19ADEE9539377417D18C8" TARGET="_blank"></A></FONT></FONT></DIV><DIV ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">The University could have politely and quietly told the White House that their standing invitation to the President of the United States was not available this year.  Better yet, they could have said that while they would welcome his contributions to the public debate over how to solve our economic crisis, his regrettable policies in favor of a culture of death make it impossible for them to welcome him. <FONT COLOR="#3333FF"><A HREF="http://paracom.paramountcommunication.com/ct/2923701:3759206792:m:1:147386598:32A43A2674C19ADEE9539377417D18C8" TARGET="_blank"></A></FONT></FONT></DIV><DIV ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">Notre Dame has regrettably hosted pro-abortion speakers in the past, but President Obama is a champion of the abortion cause.  <FONT COLOR="#3333FF"><A HREF="http://paracom.paramountcommunication.com/ct/2923701:3759206792:m:1:147386598:32A43A2674C19ADEE9539377417D18C8" TARGET="_blank"></A></FONT></FONT></DIV><DIV ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">Sadly, it is now indisputable that our President has become the world’s leading promoter of abortion, embryo-killing cloning and research, taxpayer-funded abortion, and a vigorous opponent of conscience protections for medical professionals.  His campaign promises to find ‘common ground’ have sadly been ignored, or perhaps were simply lies.  And this Administration has only just begun. <FONT COLOR="#3333FF"><A HREF="http://paracom.paramountcommunication.com/ct/2923701:3759206792:m:1:147386598:32A43A2674C19ADEE9539377417D18C8" TARGET="_blank"></A></FONT></FONT></DIV><DIV ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0"><B>Is there anything a president could do that would disqualify him or her from delivering such a prestigious address? </B>  <FONT COLOR="#3333FF"><A HREF="http://paracom.paramountcommunication.com/ct/2923701:3759206792:m:1:147386598:32A43A2674C19ADEE9539377417D18C8" TARGET="_blank"></A></FONT></FONT></DIV><DIV ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">If there is such a threshold, Barack Obama has not disqualified himself with Notre Dame officials. <FONT COLOR="#3333FF"><A HREF="http://paracom.paramountcommunication.com/ct/2923701:3759206792:m:1:147386598:32A43A2674C19ADEE9539377417D18C8" TARGET="_blank"></A></FONT></FONT></DIV><DIV ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">And so we must act. <FONT COLOR="#3333FF"><A HREF="http://paracom.paramountcommunication.com/ct/2923701:3759206792:m:1:147386598:32A43A2674C19ADEE9539377417D18C8" TARGET="_blank"></A></FONT></FONT></DIV><DIV ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">We have spoken with professors, students, and leaders at Notre Dame over the past 48 hours and have concluded that a massive protest will be practically difficult, and even counterproductive.  The University has a right as a private school to prevent all protestors from entering campus, and could legally arrest those who violate this rule.  Secondly, a protest could create exactly the wrong impression. <FONT COLOR="#3333FF"><A HREF="http://paracom.paramountcommunication.com/ct/2923701:3759206792:m:1:147386598:32A43A2674C19ADEE9539377417D18C8" TARGET="_blank"></A></FONT></FONT></DIV><DIV ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">Therefore, we are recommending four courses of action. <FONT COLOR="#3333FF"><A HREF="http://paracom.paramountcommunication.com/ct/2923701:3759206792:m:1:147386598:32A43A2674C19ADEE9539377417D18C8" TARGET="_blank"></A></FONT></FONT></DIV><DIV ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">1) CatholicVote.org has partnered with the Cardinal Newman Society, a dynamic organization dedicated to the renewal of Catholic higher education in establishing <FONT COLOR="#3333FF"><A HREF="http://paracom.paramountcommunication.com/ct/2923701:3759206792:m:1:147386598:32A43A2674C19ADEE9539377417D18C8" TARGET="_blank"><U>www.NotreDameScandal.com</U></A></FONT>.  Together our aim is to collect thousands of signatures and present them to University officials.  <FONT COLOR="#3333FF"><A HREF="http://paracom.paramountcommunication.com/ct/2923701:3759206792:m:1:147386598:32A43A2674C19ADEE9539377417D18C8" TARGET="_blank"><U>Sign the petition now.</U></A><A HREF="http://paracom.paramountcommunication.com/ct/2923701:3759206792:m:1:147386598:32A43A2674C19ADEE9539377417D18C8" TARGET="_blank"></A></FONT></FONT></DIV><DIV ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">2) Contact Notre Dame and <I>charitably </I>express your outrage.  CatholicVote.org is large enough to have a major impact, and we urge you to contact Notre Dame President Father Jenkins at (574) 631-5000.  <FONT COLOR="#3333FF"><A HREF="http://paracom.paramountcommunication.com/ct/2923701:3759206792:m:1:147386598:32A43A2674C19ADEE9539377417D18C8" TARGET="_blank"></A></FONT></FONT></DIV><DIV ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">3) Join your fellow CatholicVote.org members in a prayer of reparation on May 17 from 2-4 PM.  We encourage you to organize local groups to pray for mercy for the decision by Notre Dame, but also for our nation for continuing to permit the tragedy of abortion. <FONT COLOR="#3333FF"><A HREF="http://paracom.paramountcommunication.com/ct/2923701:3759206792:m:1:147386598:32A43A2674C19ADEE9539377417D18C8" TARGET="_blank"></A></FONT></FONT></DIV><DIV ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">***If you live in the Midwest, or near Notre Dame University, we invite you to personally join us in prayer at the Grotto on the campus of Notre Dame from 2-4 PM on May 17, where we will be joined by several Notre Dame professors, alumni, and current students.  The gathering will be a peaceful and prayerful. <FONT COLOR="#3333FF"><A HREF="http://paracom.paramountcommunication.com/ct/2923701:3759206792:m:1:147386598:32A43A2674C19ADEE9539377417D18C8" TARGET="_blank"></A></FONT></FONT></DIV><DIV ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">4) Please forward this message to your family and friends. Let them know about Notre Dame's decision to honor the most pro-abortion President in American history. We must not remain silent over this scandal! <FONT COLOR="#3333FF"><A HREF="http://paracom.paramountcommunication.com/ct/2923701:3759206792:m:1:147386598:32A43A2674C19ADEE9539377417D18C8" TARGET="_blank"></A></FONT></FONT></DIV><DIV ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">  <FONT COLOR="#3333FF"><A HREF="http://paracom.paramountcommunication.com/ct/2923701:3759206792:m:1:147386598:32A43A2674C19ADEE9539377417D18C8" TARGET="_blank"></A></FONT></FONT></DIV><DIV ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">Sincerely, <FONT COLOR="#3333FF"><A HREF="http://paracom.paramountcommunication.com/ct/2923701:3759206792:m:1:147386598:32A43A2674C19ADEE9539377417D18C8" TARGET="_blank"></A></FONT></FONT></DIV><DIV ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">  <FONT COLOR="#3333FF"><A HREF="http://paracom.paramountcommunication.com/ct/2923701:3759206792:m:1:147386598:32A43A2674C19ADEE9539377417D18C8" TARGET="_blank"></A></FONT></FONT></DIV><DIV ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">Brian Burch, President </FONT></DIV><DIV ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">CatholicVote.org </FONT></DIV><DIV ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="3" COLOR="#3333FF" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0"><A HREF="http://paracom.paramountcommunication.com/ct/2923701:3759206792:m:1:147386598:32A43A2674C19ADEE9539377417D18C8" TARGET="_blank"></A></FONT></DIV><DIV ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="3" COLOR="#3333FF" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0"><A HREF="http://paracom.paramountcommunication.com/ct/2923701:3759206792:m:1:147386598:32A43A2674C19ADEE9539377417D18C8" TARGET="_blank"></A></FONT></DIV><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0"><br></FONT><DIV ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" SIZE="1" COLOR="#999999" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">This message was intended for: <FONT COLOR="#3333FF"><A HREF="mailto:arthurkelly@yahoo.com"><U>arthurkelly@yahoo.com</U></A></FONT></FONT></DIV><DIV ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" SIZE="1" COLOR="#999999" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">You were added to the system February 19, 2009. For more information </FONT></DIV><DIV ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" SIZE="1" COLOR="#3333FF" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0"><A HREF="http://paracom.paramountcommunication.com/subscribe/source.htm?c=bhsTR65ZgTJ/c&email=arthurkelly@yahoo.com&cid=2fab8fbddcd5c8f3aca57af7ec3f0aa8" TARGET="_blank"><U>click here</U></A><FONT COLOR="#999999">. </FONT></FONT></DIV><DIV ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" SIZE="1" COLOR="#3333FF" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0"><A HREF="http://paracom.paramountcommunication.com/phase2/survey1/survey.htm?CID=mbcxdq&action=update&eemail=arthurkelly@yahoo.com&_mh=0a1f6bffa26c3da3e550d67b0f54eda6" TARGET="_blank"><U>Update your preferences</U></A><FONT COLOR="#999999">| </FONT><A HREF="http://paracom.paramountcommunication.com/phase2/survey1/survey.htm?CID=mbcxdq&action=update&eemail=arthurkelly@yahoo.com&_mh=0a1f6bffa26c3da3e550d67b0f54eda6" TARGET="_blank"><U>Unsubscribe</U></A><FONT COLOR="#999999"></FONT></FONT></DIV><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0"><br></FONT><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0"><br></FONT><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0"><br></FONT>