About Notre Dame University

[question everything]

A reporter on MSNBC said that every President spoke at Note Dame. So why now jump on Obama? After all, Bill Clinton, too, supported the notion that no one, not even the Catholic Church, especially not the Catholic Church, has any business creeping into a woman's body.

But now alumni are after the head of the president of the univeristy.

[scheming daemons]

1. Even though he was the "first black President", the Big Dawg wasn't black

There's your answer.

[FrenchieCat]

2. Well to answer your question, what is different about Barack Obama

from prior Presidents?

[question everything]

4. According to the rabid freepers

Obama support stem cells research and thinks that it is only a woman's business to decide whether to terminate a pregnancy.

[joeybee12]

3. I don't believe Bill Clinton spoke there, or George the First...

...the reporter is making things up...BTW, there were a lot of protests over Reagan speaking...

[question everything]

5. Interesting. Notre Dame used to be known as promoting liberal causes

but, I suppose, now it has many alumni - real and waanabe - who decide that being liberal is bad..

[joeybee12]

7. And I think it's a media-manufactured controversy...

...probably not as many people protesting as they're trying to make out.

[lamp_shade]

8. You got that right.

[SoxFan]

6. It's not "the alumni"

This is a fauxtrage being stoked by a small clique of right wing Catholics in DC and a few well-placed media allies at Fox and EWTN. Most of the noise is coming from paleocons with no connection to the University of Notre Dame.

[question everything]

9. Makes sense

but, as others said, Cable News needs to keep stories alive.

[FightingIrish]

12. I agree. This is just more teabagging.

They are looking for bogus issues to advance their real agenda, their dismay at not having their stooge in the White House anymore.

[FightingIrish]

10. From the President of the Notre Dame Alumni Association

"In my role as the current president of the Notre Dame Alumni Association, many concerned alumni have called and written me about the upcoming visit of President Obama to Notre Dame as Commencement speaker. While I don't speak for the Alumni Association or its Board of Directors, I do have a unique window on this controversy that has given me cause for reflection. Those who object to the visit cite the grave differences between Mr. Obama and Notre Dame regarding abortion rights because our Catholic faith unequivocally opposes abortion. However, we must also be mindful of Catholic teaching in other areas pertaining to human dignity in which we have a good deal in common with the president...."

More at:
http://media.www.ndsmcobserver.com/media/storage/paper660/news/2009/04/08/Viewpoint/Lay-Down.Your.Stones-3701496.shtml

[question everything]

11. Thanks. I hope that if there are alimmni here, on DU

that they will forward this link.

[Ocracoker16]

13. Thanks for the link

The Freeper media are just trying to make it seem like this is a huge controversy fueled by tons of alumni. There are some alumni that are unhappy, but they are in the minority. The so called outraged have never set foot on that campus.