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In an upcoming article in Vanity Fair, Nancy Reagan acknowledges that she feels her husband’s presence, that she misses him dearly, and that Barack Obama missed a golden opportunity in his stem cell research changes by not having her present to support the initiative.
Today, President Obama slowly escorted the gracious First Lady while he signed legislation that will honor the 100th anniversary of Ronald Reagan’s birthday on February 6, 2011. Speaking kindly of Ronald Reagan, and then joking with Nancy Reagan as he signed the legislation, Mrs. Reagan appeared as the “family” matriarch, with Obama being respectful of Mrs. Reagan’s role in our American story.
Nancy Reagan– a True First Lady!!
The Notre Dame University, the home of the “Fighting Irish”, was on the list of the schools were President Barack Obama would give this year’s Commencement addresses, and his speechwriter Jon Favreau is feverishly getting the TOTUS prepared to present Obama with more of his “great orations”.
However, after the announcement, many students, alumni, and members of the Archdiocese have expressed outrage at the idea that Notre Dame’s President, Father Jenkins, has chosen the idea of “POPULAR” over “PRINCIPLE” in asking President Obama to speak at the Commencement.
The following is the online petition to Father Jenkins at Notre Dame:
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Dear Father Jenkins:
It has come to our attention that the University of Notre Dame will honor President Barack Obama as its commencement speaker on May 17.
It is an outrage and a scandal that “Our Lady’s University,” one of the premier Catholic universities in the United States, would bestow such an honor on President Obama given his clear support for policies and laws that directly contradict fundamental Catholic teachings on life and marriage.
This nation has many thousands of accomplished leaders in the Catholic Church, in business, in law, in education, in politics, in medicine, in social services, and in many other fields who would be far more appropriate choices to receive such an honor from the University of Notre Dame.
Instead Notre Dame has chosen prestige over principles, popularity over morality. Whatever may be President Obama’s admirable qualities, this honor comes on the heels of some of the most anti-life actions of any American president, including expanding federal funding for abortions and inviting taxpayer-funded research on stem cells from human embryos.
The honor also comes amid great concern among Catholics nationwide about President Obama’s future impact on American society, the family, and the Catholic Church on issues such as traditional marriage, conscience protections for Catholic doctors and nurses, and expansion of abortion “rights.”
This honor is clearly a direct violation of the U.S. bishops’ 2004 mandate in “Catholics in Political Life”: “The Catholic community and Catholic institutions should not honor those who act in defiance of our fundamental moral principles. They should not be given awards, honors or platforms which would suggest support for their actions.”
We prayerfully implore you to halt this travesty immediately. We do so with the hope that Catholics nationwide will likewise call on you to uphold the sacred mission of your Catholic university. May God grant you the courage and wisdom to do what is right. Sincerely, Link to Petition: http://notredamescandal.com/ Related Articles: http://www.southbendtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090326/News01/903260347 http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20090326/NEWS02/903260426/1025/RSS02 http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/24/obama.bishop/index.html?section=cnn_latest |
