Whoa....the Notre Dame Catholics are pissed off Obama is going to

[Thickasabrick]

speak at commencement.

All the calls were expressing outrage. None supported the decision.

Two Notre Dame alumni who own and operate the world’s first Catholic internet TV station www.realcatholictv.com both immediately denounced the university’s decision to award Barack Obama honors and give him a stage from which to speak.

Marc Brammer, ND Class of ’74 and MBA’76 and Michael Voris ’83 each called the move a disgrace and a smear on the University’s reputation of being a Catholic school.

Voris discovered the news while live on the air with Relevant Radio’s Drew Mariana while he was being interviewed about the week’s news. "While I was actually on the air with Drew", Voris said, "I shot off an email to Fr. Jenkins (ND President) expressing my deep anger that the carnage done to the Faith by Notre Dame is continuing."

Voris shared the text of his email – “It is beyond sinful that a University dedicated to the Mother of God, in whose womb the salvation of the world became incarnate, would give a platform to the biggest enemy of life in the womb this country has ever seen.”

Link:

http://www.pewsitter.com/view_news_id_16537.php

LOL....what idiots

[LittleBlue]

1. Yeah, so sinful to have the President speak

Fine, Obama should cancel and send in Shrub: "Dis hear part'da country... real fhiiine folks here... at ah Nootra Dam (hehe made a funny)"


They get what they deserve.

[Aristus]

20. "Y'all gotta fabulous university here. Jes' FABULOUS!"

Yep, they'd love that... :eyes:

Well, it's Indiana, for crying out loud...

[firedupdem]

2. Not surprised. They exhibit Christ like behavior all the time.

:eyes:

[geckosfeet]

3. The tolerance of catholics has always been,,,, understated.

[muntrv]

4. Of course they only care about life IN the womb, not OUTSIDE.

[msongs]

5. the same catholics whose spiritual leader was in the Hitler YOUTH as a teen? lol nt

[SoxFan]

6. Folks, we're talking about two disgruntled alums

This is the largest Catholic university in the country (I think; BC or St. Johns might be larger). There are tens of thousands of alumni across the country. And let's not forget that ND has a history of welcoming a free exchange of ideas.

Let's not turn this into yet another festival of Catholic-bashing.

[JohnnyLib2]

7. + 1

[Thickasabrick]

8. But I like to bash Catholics on Saturday night. Chill - I thought the

article was funny - no offense intended.

[SoxFan]

10. No problem with the article, and no offense taken

I just have a bad feeling about where some other DUers are going to take this thread.

[Fire1]

14. That's why i'm changing threads before I say something

offensive.

[FrenchieCat]

9. Perhaps those two should sit it out?

They aren't graduating, so its not like this is about them.

[SoxFan]

11. If I could sit through a right wing Congressman at my graduation...

these guys can deal with Obama.

[FrenchieCat]

12. That's what I'm thinking.

Didn't Bush give some commencement addresses during his Presidency?
Who would have wanted to sit through that?

[rug]

15. It's more than two.

"As of late Friday night, hundreds of callers had overwhelmed the switchboard at Notre Dame as news began to circulate that Obama had been invited to give the commencement address at Notre Dame on May 17th.

* * * *

"All the calls were expressing outrage. None supported the decision."

[asphalt.jungle]

16. how would this biased source know how many people called UND?

these types of organizations aren't known for exaggerating support for their issues.

:sarcasm:

[rug]

17. They spoke to the operators.

"ND operators said the calls simply became too much to handle. Voice mails of the University President, Vice-President, Provost, assistant-provost and PR director were all full by 10pm EST."

[SoxFan]

28. Astroturf

This the EWTN crowd making noise again. They get a lot of media attention, but are really pretty irrelevant. Notre Dame has been through this routine hundreds of times, since the "Vatican I" crowd detests the school. ND frequently brings in speakers or hosts symposia, and these guys start pissing and moaning.

Let them go to one of Tom Monaghan's clown colleges if they are so easily offended.

[quiller4]

37. But the callers were right-wing Catholics many of whom have

never been near the Dome.

[Pirate Smile]

13. FYI: Obama won the Catholic vote in the election.

[ChuckTodd]

18. Why did Obama accept this invitation?

Screw Notre Dame. Obama should've rejected this.

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[Tarheel_Dem]

19. For the record, I think this would have happened to any pro-choice Prez.

Obama should simply say that if it's going to cause a problem, he'll withdraw. Let them get someone else, he doesn't need this shit.

[JohnnyLib2]

22. Agreed.

[TexasObserver]

21. Notre Dame is Catholic?! Did not see that coming.

And I thought all they did was play football.

[SoxFan]

26. Just not terribly well...

[lamp_shade]

23. I think he should tell them thanks but no thanks. No sense pissing in the wind.

[SoxFan]

27. Do you know anything about Notre Dame?

Notre Dame is among the most progressive Catholic universities in the country. This isn't Franciscan University of Steubenville or Mount St. Mary's, which are known as paleocatholic enclaves. Notre Dame has always made a concerted effort to encourage a free exchange of ideas, even when it ruffles the feathers of right-wing Catholics.

[quiller4]

38. Try "especiall when it ruffles the feathers..."

The Holy Cross fathers have a real reputation for encouraging the free exchange of ideas. Notre Dame has trained many an excellent debater.

[and-justice-for-all]

24. Whiners...nt

[Vinca]

29. Maybe if they thought of Obama as a very old embryo . . .

[progdog]

30. LOL

:rofl:

[acmavm]

31. But Little Dougie Feith can teach at Georgetown???????

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[Cha]

33. Rec'd~ I wondered about that when

I saw the news of Prez' Commencement Addresses. Wonder how many Catholics were tired of bushit and voted for Obama?

[AlCzervik]

34. Chris Matthews was protested when he spoke at Holy Cross, he's also pro choice.

this isn't a new thing for Catholic colleges.

[RagAss]

35. ....and your football program sucks !!!!!!!!

[quiller4]

36. That is a small group compare to Catholic Democrats

who are cheering the announcement. Voris is an active, right-wing Republican and the TV station he co-owns is really deep fringe.

[joeybee12]

39. This Notre Dame alumunus had to put up with 4 years of right-to-lifer bullshit

and ignorance...they're a very vocal part of the university, sadly.