Notre Dame sticking with Obama for commencement despite poutrage regarding abortion and stem cells

[jefferson_dem]

Notre Dame sticking with Obama for commencement
Associated Press 5:24 PM CDT, March 23, 2009

SOUTH BEND, Ind. - The University of Notre Dame is sticking with its invitation to President Obama to speak at its May 17 commencement despite criticism from some Roman Catholics that his views on abortion and stem cell research run counter to Catholic teachings.

"I don't foresee a circumstance in which we would rescind the invitation," Notre Dame spokesman Dennis Brown told The Associated Press in an e-mail message Monday.

The Cardinal Newman Society, an advocacy group for greater orthodoxy on Catholic college and university campuses, has set up a protest Web page, notredamescandal.com, that includes the phone number, e-mail and mailing addresses of Notre Dame's president, the Rev. John Jenkins.

The group calls Obama's upcoming commencement appearance "an outrage and a scandal."

Jenkins issued a statement Monday saying that the invitation did not mean that Notre Dame supported all of Obama's positions.

"The invitation to President Obama to be our Commencement speaker should not be taken as condoning or endorsing his positions on specific issues regarding the protection of human life, including abortion and embryonic stem cell research," Jenkins said.

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[jenmito]

1. Obama should also put out a statement saying that HE doesn't endorse THEIR positions on

the right to choose and ESCR.

[msongs]

2. are these the same roman catholics that have a Hitler Youth Pope? nt

[Thrill]

3. They learned nothing from Obama allowing Rick Warren to speak at HIS Inauguration

You don't shut out people, just because you disagree with them on certain things