Obama Boycotted

I am a 1973 graduate of Notre Dame. My commencement speaker at graduation was Malcolm Moos. Ya, a real household name. the only reason I ever heard of the guy is that I'm from Minneapolis and he was the President of the University of Minnesota. He should have been boycotted. He was so boring even he fell asleep.

this year President Obama will deliver the commencement address. Notre Dame always gets all the Presidents. They come to get the Catholic vote when they run for re-election.

However, Obama is the subject of a boycott because he is pro-choice and recently reversed a Bush executive order banning embryonic stem cell research. Both of these positions are contrary to Catholic dogma, hence the boycott by the Cardinal Newman Society which is the right wing of Catholicism.

I am certain that past speakers supported birth control. this is also a no-no in the religion. But, no boycott. In fact the current Pope said in Africa this week that the use of condoms actually contributed to the spread of AIDS in that continent. This ridiculously, stupid remark was roundly criticized by everyone except Santa Claus.

the point is this: Notre Dame should be a University first, and a Catholic University second. It accepts Jews, Protestants, and Muslims and even atheists who do not condone many or any of the Catholic Church's teachings. This is the right thing to do. This boycott is contrary to what a University is all about: a vigorous debate and unfettered censorship of even unpopular views. If Notre Dame bows to the bigoted pressure and rescinds its offer to the president, I am canceling my 50 billion dollars in bailout money I recently pledged to them.