Tancredo....lately he’s out there alone with the wolves. He deserves the greatest support from all who opposed illegal immigration/amnesty.
So! It IS possible to block a speech that is in opposition to the local Bishop. Are you listening Notre Dame? (Obammy) St. Joseph’s? (Chrissie Matthews) Xavier (Donna Brazile)?
Has this bastion of higher learning ever heard of the First Amendment?
You certainly can't argue with THAT point.
Where’s the encyclical? Otherwise it’s just an opinion.
I am somewhat surprised because Providence College is relatively conservative compared to other Catholic Colleges. The Army ROTC maintians a popular presence on campus, and last year’s commencement speaker was Major Michael Manning ‘97(http://media.www.thecowl.com/media/storage/paper493/news/2008/04/03/News/Commencement.Speaker.Announced-3302208.shtml)
I am only “somewhat” surprised because Providence College was founded as a working class college for immigrants and first generation college students, and the City of Providence itself has a long history as a city of immigrants, both legal and illegal.
PC (aptly named) - “Patches” Kennedy’s safety school...
Ping!
The Left will still hate the church.
That’s weird. There is no Catholic doctrinal position on illegal immigration, and I hardly see how the bishop could assert that his personal opinions on the matter exclude anyone who doesn’t agree with them. This, unfortunately, is further going to undermine the Church’s teaching position by making it look as if genuine teaching (for example, that abortion is gravely sinful) is on the same level as personal or political whim (for example, an individual bishop’s solution to immigration problems).
“Providence College has blocked a campus speech by former Colorado congressman Tom Tancredo, a vocal opponent of illegal immigration.
It also said Tancredo’s stance on illegal immigration “directly contrasts” with Roman Catholic Bishop Thomas Tobin of Providence, a member of the college’s Board of Trustees.”
SO this can be stopped, but not Obama’s Notre Dame speech?!?!?
One more time...
Illegal aliens are NOT IMMIGRANTS!!!
Immigrants move to a country to begin a new life there, to become "one of them" and to leave their old country behind.
An American immigrant is no longer a Spaniard, an Englishman, a Vietnamese. He is an American!
In contrast, an illegal alien comes only to take. He comes because this is where the stuff is, and he wants that stuff to take/send back home to his real country. He does not love his host, he exploits it.
He has no interest in becoming an American, only to take what he can get from America.
He is NOT an immigrant. He is an ALIEN.