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Mike Pence sticks with faith and family, as Notre Dame grads walk out on his commencement speech
Fox News ^ | 05/21/2017

Posted on 05/21/2017 7:10:15 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

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I give credit to most of the graduates and faculty ...Pence was actually given a MOSTLY WARM welcome on campus.

Yesterday, he gave the commencement speech at Grove City College in PA and was also given a very warm welcome.

1 posted on 05/21/2017 7:10:15 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Ignorant, naive young people got suckered in the 1960’s.
Same crap happening again.


2 posted on 05/21/2017 7:14:38 PM PDT by polymuser (There's a yuuuge basket of deportables.)
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To correct myself, there WERE protests when Pence arrived at Grove City College, but not from the college’s students and graduates.

Most came from nearby Slippery Rock University and some were ex-Grove City grads. One was an alumni who outed herself as a Lesbian and claims that she received a lot of “hate” after she came out.

Most Grove City residents disapproved of the protest.

See here:

http://www.post-gazette.com/local/region/2017/05/20/Vice-President-Mike-Pence-Commencement-speech-at-Grove-City-College-draws-portest/stories/201705200099


3 posted on 05/21/2017 7:15:47 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: polymuser

When they hit age 40 or 50 I’m sure some of them will regret it. Some won’t.


4 posted on 05/21/2017 7:16:01 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Faith and Family. Guess which most people can relate to?

Both family and faith are personal. Faith relates to one instance of belief, family relates to multiples. Simple logic.

Faith can not be shared like family. Love your family and their choice of faith. Never pontificate.


5 posted on 05/21/2017 7:17:30 PM PDT by soycd
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I hope Trump has the walkout on twitter. Their future job interviewers can take it into account.


6 posted on 05/21/2017 7:17:46 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Religion is a trigger for you so why not go to a Catholic School.

Idiots.


7 posted on 05/21/2017 7:18:25 PM PDT by hattend (Firearms and ammunition...the only growing industries under the Obama regime.)
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To: SeekAndFind

question, is the story more people stayed.


8 posted on 05/21/2017 7:19:30 PM PDT by bobrlbob
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Would they have done this to bammy who gave money to a regime that hates us?


9 posted on 05/21/2017 7:19:51 PM PDT by I want the USA back (Acting consistently in a way that is contrary to nature results in insanity.)
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So what did VP Pence say that so offensive that these rude students felt compelled to walk out? Nothing at all. At least some ND alumni will remember this when they come around asking for contributions.

Shame on Notre Dame.

10 posted on 05/21/2017 7:21:30 PM PDT by apocalypto
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What’s Notre Dame supposed to do, stop these knuckleheads from walking out?


11 posted on 05/21/2017 7:23:18 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (The GOP-e: supporting the Democrat agenda)
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To: SeekAndFind
Outrageous. If these students had an objection to the speaker, the right they possessed was to not attend. They made a mockery out of what Notre Dame is supposed to teach them....a willingness to listen to a full spectrum of ideas.

This time around, it's NOT the '60s. Today, a college education for those who don't make wise choices involves a lifetime of debt. Today, a student who wants to get an education can decide that there's no point in attending a physical education, and get an online degree instead. Who wants their children to be involved with these disgusting jerks?

12 posted on 05/21/2017 7:24:12 PM PDT by grania (only a pawn in their game)
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I think these people overestimate their own importance.

They remind me of juvenile delinquents writing dumb statements on somebody else's wall.

Wouldn't it be better to respect the rights of other students to enjoy their commencement instead of making a spectacle of yourself about something you probably don't understand?

Out of curiosity I would like to know the majors of these students that walk out.

13 posted on 05/21/2017 7:25:03 PM PDT by oldbrowser (The swamp will not surrender.)
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10 So what did VP Pence say that so offensive that these rude students felt compelled to walk out? Nothing at all. ...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Pence#Religion_and_LGBT_rights

On March 26, 2015, Gov. Mike Pence (R-IN) signed Indiana Senate Bill 101, also known as the Indiana "religious objections" bill (Religious Freedom Restoration Act, or RFRA), into law.[111] The law's signing was met with criticism by people and groups who felt the law was carefully worded in a way that would permit discrimination against LGBT persons.[112][113][114][115] Such organizations as the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), the gamer convention Gen Con, and the Disciples of Christ spoke out against the law. Apple CEO Tim Cook and Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff condemned the law, with Salesforce.com saying it would halt its plans to expand in the state.[116][117] Angie's List announced that they would cancel a $40 million expansion of their Indianapolis based headquarters over concerns with the law. The expansion would have moved 1000 jobs into the state.[118] Thousands protested against the policy.[112] Five GOP state representatives voted against the bill, and Greg Ballard, the Republican mayor of Indianapolis, criticized it as sending the "wrong signal" about the state.[119] Pence defended the law, stating that it was not about discrimination. In an appearance on the ABC News program This Week with George Stephanopoulos,[120] Pence stated, "We are not going to change this law", while refusing to answer whether examples of discrimination against LGBT people given by Eric Miller of anti-LGBT group Advance America would be legal under the law.[121] Pence denied the law permitted discrimination and wrote in a March 31, 2015, Wall Street Journal op-ed, "If I saw a restaurant owner refuse to serve a gay couple, I wouldn't eat there anymore. As governor of Indiana, if I were presented a bill that legalized discrimination against any person or group, I would veto it."[122] In the wake of the backlash against the RFRA, on April 2, 2015, Pence signed legislation revising the law to prevent potential discrimination.[123]

14 posted on 05/21/2017 7:26:01 PM PDT by MacNaughton (" ...it is better to die on the losing side than to live under Communism." Whitaker Chambers)
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Who gives a rats ass if they walked out! Libs gotta do what libs gotta do. Probably time to stop giving commencement speeches that no one appreciates and focus on moving forward making America great again!! BUILD THAT WALL!!!!


15 posted on 05/21/2017 7:26:38 PM PDT by lionstar
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Trump has faced harsh criticism for his anti-Islamic rhetoric during his presidential campaign

Fact check - besides Trump's comments about enhanced vetting and attempted ban on immigrants from 7 war-torn Muslim-majority nations - what has he said about Islam in particular? Nothing ( that I know of )please correct me if I'm wrong.

16 posted on 05/21/2017 7:28:17 PM PDT by PGR88
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Notre Dame has gone decidedly to the far left over the past 20 years esp. in some internal special subdivisions re the “peace studies” crap.

Glad to see the some students, parents and staff know how to show respect to a speaker regardless of who they are.

As for the aholes who walked out, TS. Nothing like being sore losers and leftist stooges.

My college commencements featured then VP Hubert Humphrey, and later NAACP leader Benjamin Hooks who bored the shit out of us (outside in 85+* weather and us in heavy graduation gowns). But nobody back then ever thought of showing disrespect to any speaker if they disagreed with them.

The Marxist and Black Extremist Left has now made a career out of doing that are graduations. Soon the worm will turn and some protestors will be looking for their heads instead of a job. I can feel it coming.


17 posted on 05/21/2017 7:29:16 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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What’s Notre Dame supposed to do, stop these knuckleheads from walking out?

Maybe...not tolerate a campus culture at odds with Civic life?

18 posted on 05/21/2017 7:34:08 PM PDT by gogeo (When your life is based on a false premise...you are indeed insane.)
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Those seven “Muslim majority” countries were actually chosen by Obama as countries that are hot beds for terrorism.

FBI Director James Comey (where have I heard that name before?) himself stated that the FBI could not vet “refugees” from those countries.


19 posted on 05/21/2017 7:38:10 PM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation ("You can't fix America without pissing off the people who broke it".....Bill Mitchell)
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The good thing is that these disrespectful pukes will be found out on social media and be denied jobs in the future. However, they may get to work at Starbucks.


20 posted on 05/21/2017 7:39:23 PM PDT by caver (Trump: Home of the Winner)
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