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Update:
So, this is a bit late in my posting....I did submit an article to the local paper for the editorial section which either didn't make the cut at the time or just hasn't been posted yet...and I am thinking about trying to be an online reader/contributor to the IndyMetromix Magazine website....wow that's a mouthful.
Anywho....
I've been following the what is apparently news story about the catholic church being in an outrage because the head of the University of Notre Dame invited our President to give the commencement address. Upon this invitation, the head of the cathedral at the university decided that he was going to boycott the event and there has been different levels of protest ever since.
From what I've been able to determine from the newspaper and other online news sources the main issue at hand with why they are against President Obama giving the address is because his political party association supports women's right to choose to have an abortion as well as supporting increased funding to medical stem cell research.
Fine, I see why the catholic church would have a problem with that particular viewpoint. I understand that they think that these are bad things in the name of religion. What I don't understand is why they couldn't accept the honor of having the President Of The United States deliver the commencement address which I could garuntee wouldn't have any slightest HINT of those topics. Of all the places that Mr. Obama could campaign for those hot topic issues, doing it in front of graduating college students and their parents and families is not the best place for it. The President knows it, his staff knows it, the administrators at the school know it (which is why they invited him knowing his viewpoints), and I think that deep down the archbishop at the cathedral knows it too and just really wants to make a scene and cause the media to explode with controversey which is exactly what he has successfully done.
I am incredibly proud of the government administration for not responding to this ridiculous frenzy and am personally looking forward to seeing how it turns out on Sunday.
I did have more to say on this topic and if my article gets published, I will post the whole thing, however, I am pressed for time at the moment and need to get going.
Good day.
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