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Bush vs. Obama as commencement speaker

Posted on March 23, 2009
I've received a few responses to my questions about Bush's appropriateness as Notre Dame commencement speaker. One reader comments: My short answer . . . is that neither Bush (in 2001) nor Obama should have been given honorary law degrees...

Is Bush an appropriate commencement speaker for Notre Dame?

Posted on March 23, 2009
I do not envy the administrators who have to choose commencement speakers at Catholic colleges and universities, and I do not have any bright-line rules in mind for navigating these issues, so please take these questions as sincere and snark-free:...

Harvard's Dr. Green on the Pope, Aids, and Condoms in Africa

Posted on March 23, 2009
Dr. Edward Green, Director of of the AIDS Prevention Research Project at the Harvard School of Public Health said, in a interview published today, "I am a liberal on social issues and it's difficult to admit, but the Pope is...

More on commencement speakers / response to Rob

Posted on March 23, 2009
So, I believe that the University of Notre Dame should not, at this time, honor President Obama with a ceremonial degree and the commencement-speaker role. To say this, by the way, is not to endorse the tiresome anti-Notre Dame "great...

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Benedict in Africa: Women's Rights

Posted on March 22, 2009
News from NCRonline.org March 22, 2009 National Catholic Reporter Pope extols women's rights in Africa Women say pope's words undercut by discrimination they see inside church By John L. Allen Jr. Pope Benedict XVI delivered a strong plea for women's...

Glendon at ND

Posted on March 22, 2009
As Michael guessed, I was sorry to hear that ND is going to go along with the President's effort to distract Catholics and others from his abortion, embryo-destruction, and school choice errors with (what I am sure will be) an...

Obama at ND

Posted on March 21, 2009
I was waiting for Rick to comment on this story but I guess I'll jump in. As an alumnus of Notre Dame, I don't think I can adequately express my opposition to Notre Dame's decision to honor President Obama. The...

"Torture Intolerance"

Posted on March 20, 2009
Our Sunday Visitor's March 29th editorial ends with this: While the debate about the definition and value of torture will continue, the Church's teachings in this area are clear and consistent: The ends do not justify the means. Torture is...

Obama at Notre Dame

Posted on March 20, 2009
[I assume my friend Rick Garnett signed off on this.] Chronicle of Higher Education (Online) March 20, 2009 Obama to Speak at 3 College Commencements Washington ? President Obama will speak at three college commencements this spring, the White House....

An Addendum to Elizabeth's Post

Posted on March 20, 2009
March 20, 2009, 1:08 pm Obama Apologizes for Off-Key Quip By David Stout President Obama has apologized for his quip on ?The Tonight Show? on NBC Thursday comparing his modest bowling skills to those of athletes who have disabilities. Chatting...

Obama's Special Olympics Remark

Posted on March 20, 2009
Let me begin by saying that I really do have a sense of humor about the truly funny aspects of my son's disabilities. He has a wicked sense of humor himself, and some of his attempts to navigate the world...

Did Obama Allow Human Cloning? An exchange between Doug Kmiec and Robert George

Posted on March 19, 2009
U.S. News and World report has a fascinating five part email debate between Professors Doug Kmiec and Robert George on President Obama's position on human cloning. Read it here.

Hope among the HIV infected in Uganda

Posted on March 19, 2009
In a powerful and beautiful 35 minute documentary from Uganda, Rose, Vicky, and other women infected with the AIDS virus have found hope and joy in their lives. These women have much to teach us (at least me) about living,...

Condom Use and AIDS

Posted on March 19, 2009
Rob writes: "Did Pope Benedict mean that the distribution of condoms will send a message of support for sexual promiscuity, thereby decreasing current levels of abstinence and marital fidelity? If so, does that match up with the facts on the...

"We Need More than Lip Service" . . .

Posted on March 19, 2009
. . . says evangelical leader and Pres. Obama-supporter David Gushee: It's no secret that a group of self-identified centrist or moderate evangelicals built a friendly relationship with Barack Obama and rejected the Christian right's vilification of him...

The USCCB and conscience-protection

Posted on March 19, 2009
The USCCB is, apparently, gearing up to try to stop, or at least modify, the Obama Administration's planned recission of the Bush Administration's HHS regulations dealing with the conscience-rights of health-care workers. We'll see . . .

What should retributive punishment look like in a just society?

Posted on March 19, 2009
From my (admittedly limited) understanding of Catholic teaching, the death penalty is never a morally justified punishment in today's American legal system. There should accordingly be much rejoicing over New Mexico's repeal of the death penalty this week...

"For the Bible Tells Me So"

Posted on March 19, 2009
This document, "For the Bible Tells Me So: A Study Guide and Advocacy Training Program", is posted on the State of Connecticut's official website (www.ct.gov). It is put out by the "Religion and Faith Program" of the Human Rights Campaign....

Restricting Research on Embryos but not Restricting IVF ? Inconsistency in the Pro-life Camp?

Posted on March 19, 2009
Over at Vox Nova, Mornings Minion comments on an exchange between Michael Kinsley and Ross Douthat on embryo destructive research. MM says (incorrectly I think) that Douthat doesn?t really answer Kinsley?s charge that opponents of embryo destructive research are being...

My body + your child = my choice?

Posted on March 18, 2009
I had never thought about this heart-breaking dimension of IVF. Ugh.

How does condom use increase the AIDS problem?

Posted on March 18, 2009
If many of the African women who are in danger of contracting AIDS will do so from their already-infected husbands, and if sexual abstinence is not a realistic option for those women, how does the use of condoms increase the...

Subsidiarity and TARP Money

Posted on March 17, 2009
I posted a few months ago about what I see as a subsidarity angle to the banking crisis -- the relative soundness of many local, community banks as compared to the larger institutions getting most of the bail-out money. Here...

"The United States does not torture."

Posted on March 17, 2009
As we acknowledge the emerging Obama Administration policies that stand in tension with human dignity, we should also stay abreast of the expanding body of evidence detailing the Bush Administration's far-from-stellar record on that front.

Cloning and Embryonic Stem Cell Research?forward to the past

Posted on March 16, 2009
I have read with interest the thread that Michael Scaperlanda initiated regarding the emerging debate in the United States regarding embryonic stem cell research and human cloning. Having worked on this issue for some time in the international sphere, I...

Are DOMA laws "religious violence?"

Posted on March 16, 2009
Jon Pahl writes that DOMA laws are a form of "religious violence." Though I share some of his misgivings about prohibitions on same-sex marriage, I find his analysis unhelpful to the conversation. The traditional definition of marriage has been shaped...

The Clone Wars continued

Posted on March 16, 2009
Last week I speculated that the desire to permit cloning was behind the push to lift the ban on embryonic stem cell research. This morning the New York Times endorsed cloning without ever using the word: President Obama seems open...

The Religious Violence of "Defending Marriage"

Posted on March 15, 2009
Sightings 3/12/09 The Religious Violence of "Defending Marriage" Jon Pahl [Jon Pahl is Professor of the History of Christianity in North America at The Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia. He recently edited and published An American Teacher: Coming of Age...

Call for Papers: Religious Legal Theory

Posted on March 13, 2009
?Religious Legal Theory: The State of the Field? Conference Announcement and Call for Papers Seton Hall University School of Law Newark, New Jersey Thursday-Friday, November 12-13, 2009 Seton Hall Law School will host a conference on Religious Legal Theory beginning...

Reflections on the Catholic Legal Theory Project at 5: Revisited

Posted on March 12, 2009
A month and a half ago, in response to posts by Steve S., I posted my thoughts on progressive/dissenting/heterodox Catholics blogging at MOJ. Our recent discussion on the Group of 26 and their support for Governor Sebelius has caused me...

"Perserving Marriage in Substance, Not Just Name"

Posted on March 12, 2009
In yesterday's NRO, Ryan Anderson writes that "[t]he Prop 8 debate is not a clash between civil liberties and religion." In his essay, he addresses the arguments made by a certain Pepperdine law professor who is known to all who...

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