[Apologetics] RE: Fw: Notre Dame Shame
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Mon Mar 23 16:13:04 EDT 2009
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?
Carol
On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 3:53 PM, Art Kelly wrote:
--- On Mon, 3/23/09, Brian Burch - CatholicVote.org
<brianburch at catholicvote.com> wrote:
From: Brian Burch - CatholicVote.org <brianburch at catholicvote.com>
Subject: Notre Dame Shame
To: arthurkelly at yahoo.com
Date: Monday, March 23, 2009, 2:08 PM
Dear CatholicVote.org Member,
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.
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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!
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Given President Obama’s utterly shameful record on life, how could a
Catholic university honor him?
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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.
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Notre Dame has regrettably hosted pro-abortion speakers in the past, but
President Obama is a champion of the abortion cause.
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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.
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Is there anything a president could do that would disqualify him or her
from delivering such a prestigious address?
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If there is such a threshold, Barack Obama has not disqualified himself
with Notre Dame officials.
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And so we must act.
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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.
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Therefore, we are recommending four courses of action.
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1) CatholicVote.org has partnered with the Cardinal Newman Society, a
dynamic organization dedicated to the renewal of Catholic higher
education in establishing www.NotreDameScandal.com
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. Together our aim is to collect thousands of signatures and present
them to University officials. Sign the petition now.
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2) Contact Notre Dame and charitably 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.
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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.
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***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.
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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!
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Sincerely,
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Brian Burch, President
CatholicVote.org
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