Ex-envoy (U.S. ambassador to the Vatican) rejects Notre Dame award over Obama flap

[sabra]

Source: AP

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) - A former U.S. ambassador to the Vatican says she won't accept the University of Notre Dame's top honor at commencement next month because of the Roman Catholic school's decision to have President Barack Obama speak to graduates.

Harvard University law professor Mary Ann Glendon says in a letter to the school president that giving Obama an honorary degree violates the U.S. bishops' 2004 statement that Catholic institutions shouldn't honor people whose actions conflict with the church's moral principles.

Obama supports abortion rights and embryonic stem-cell research.

Glendon was ambassador to the Vatican in the final year of George W. Bush's administration. She was to receive the school's Laetare Medal.

Read more: http://www.kget.com/news/political/story/Ex-envoy-rejects-Notre-Dame-award-over-Obama-flap/YCMyXrI4CUCrEKMTfS_0rg.cspx

[lamp_shade]

1. Fine with me.

[BattyDem]

2. So she had no problem serving an administration of war criminals ...

but she's offended by Obama's pro-choice stance? :eyes:

[FightingIrish]

3. She didn't mind being photographed with a war criminal

Mary Ann, your hypocrisy is showing.

[Adsos Letter]

4. Well, Professor Glendon...

Notre Dame may (or may not) care, but it's a sure bet the rest of us don't.

[SpiralHawk]

5. The Popes just loved them some Commander AWOL

So --- I reckon the church honors torture and lying -- the New Millennium Inquisition of the Homelanders.

[saigon68]

16. Outrageous

Right on point :-), :-)

[HereSince1628]

6. She didn't deserve it any way and she knew it. Women aren't persons within the Patriarchy

Women aren't full persons within the Patriarchy of El Rato Papa.

[Locrian]

7. students appear caught in the middle

""We think the position of students has been distorted some in the national media," Notre Dame senior Michael Angulo, a member of the Campus Labor Action Project, told The Tribune.

There is a small group of students who are concerned about Obama’s stances and don’t want him to visit campus, Angulo said. "But I would say the vast majority of students are excited and looking forward to the visit," he said."


Maybe this might stir a few up (ie wake them up) to the dark side of the church.

http://www.wsbt.com/news/local/43567252.html

[FightingIrish]

12. A few small minded people are trying to ruin their graduation

Here's an opinion piece from the campus newspaper that describes pretty well how outsiders are trying to make a political circus of what should be a joyful event.

"Poor Randall Terry. He has proclaimed himself heir to Martin Luther King, Jr., a divinely-inspired mystic, and the leader of a capital-C Crusade to purge the church of its "treacherous elements." His unofficial inquisition is armed not only with pictures of fetuses and sexual metaphors ("this is like the rape of Catholic orthodoxy, sociology and justice"), but also with an unerring ability to find its way into the pages of The Observer at least twice a week. If we believe the media - national or local, including this paper - we might get the impression that huge ideological battles are sweeping Notre Dame's political landscape. But on the ground, things seem far less histrionic."

-snip-

"So I'd be extremely surprised if anyone's opinion about abortion has changed all that much thanks to protests, television soundbites or even snotty newspaper columns like this one. After all, the furor over President Obama's upcoming speech is not entirely, or even mostly, about abortion. Instead, people are using it as an excuse to bring up myriad other debates"

-snip-

http://media.www.ndsmcobserver.com/media/storage/paper660/news/2009/04/27/Viewpoint/The-Proxy.War-3726639.shtml

It's wrong to see racism behind every attack on President Obama but when people start an ideological ruckus like this, the racists gladly join the parade.

[adamuu]

8. Hmm... Mary Ann Glendon, where do you stand on CAPITAL PUNISHMENT

Defend human rights selectively, much?

[Hyper_Eye]

9. Hammer... meet nail. n/t

[Downwinder]

13. Life is sacred.

Unless the Government wants it.

[LynnTheDem]

10. Did/does Ms. Glendon support bush's illegal immoral "unjust war" against Iraq?

How come I suspect she did and does...


Even the RC Church didn't support that.

Rightwingnuts; fuck em.

[northofdenali]

11. Ahhh. {{chuckle}} anti-choicers.

Only "pro-life" until birth. Only pro-life if it involves embryos. Only pro-life if it involves power over women without their consent.

[struggle4progress]

14. ... Jenkins issued a statement Monday saying ... "It is our intention to award the Laetare Medal to

another deserving recipient, and we will make that announcement as soon as possible" ...

Ex-envoy rejects Notre Dame award over Obama flap
AP foreign, Monday April 27 2009
TOM COYNE
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/feedarticle/8476834

[struggle4progress]

15. ... Donohue came to the Catholic League from the Heritage Foundation, where he specialized in

attacks on the ACLU, and had connections within the conservative community. He attracted a list of prominent Catholic conservatives to the Board of Advisors, including Mary Ann Glendon, Michael Novak, Linda Chavez and George Weigel ...

An investigative series on those who oppose women's rights and reproductive health
The Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights: Neither Religious nor Civil
http://www.cath4choice.org/pubs/documents/CatholicLeague.pdf
http://74.125.95.132/search?q=cache:Mw3x5L0p2G0J:www.cath4choice.org/pubs/documents/CatholicLeague.pdf+rightweb+Mary+Ann+Glendon&cd=12&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us

[OneAngryDemocrat]

17. Contact Mary Ann Glendon and (POLITELY) Tell Her What You Think

Mary Ann Glendon
Learned Hand Professor of Law
Harvard Law School
Cambridge, MA 02138
Secretary: Susan Norton [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]

[BuddhaGirl]

18. email not working now

n/t