Posted on 12/05/2016 5:32:12 PM PST by marshmallow
If President Obama’s appearance at the Notre Dame commencement in 2009 sparked an unprecedented uproar among American Catholics, imagine what inviting President Trump to graduation might provoke.
That concern is making Notre Dame's president, Fr. John Jenkins, think twice about making a pitch for the incoming U.S. president to receive an honorary degree, an appearance that almost any school would normally covet — and one that the iconic Catholic university has been more successful than others in securing.
“I do think the elected leader of the nation should be listened to. And it would be good to have that person on the campus — whoever they are, whatever their views,” Jenkins told the student newspaper in an interview published Dec. 2.
“At the same time, the 2009 commencement was a bit of a political circus, and I think I’m conscious that that day is for graduates and their parents — and I don’t want to make the focus something else," Jenkins told The Observer, the paper serving the South Bend, Ind., campus.
“My concern a little bit is that, should the new president come, it may be even more of a circus,” he added.
"Circus" may even be an understatement, is describing the controversy over Jenkins' decision to invite Obama to give the main commencement address in May 2009 and receive an honorary degree.
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So?
But they’d welcome Tariq Ramadan with open arms
BFD Liberation Theology
...and that is important why?...
JERRY FALWELL JR would be happy to make a pitch for the incoming U.S. president to receive an honorary degree at LIBERTY UNIVERSITY.
Zer0 has been the ringmaster for 8 years of the greatest circus in American history. Time to retire to the clown village in Florida, if they’ll have him.
Given all the smears, lies, spin and abuse DJT has had to endure from the Communists (and yes, let’s call them what they are), it never ceases to amaze me how committed to helping all Americans DJT remains. Even helping the crazy, whacked out lunatics, in spite of themselves. So much de-programming to be done.
0bongo gave a speech there and made them cover all crosses. Why show hostility to Trump who does not despise their religion?
ND, like most large American universities, has a liberal-left faculty and a liberal-left administration. Aside from the military service academies, as well as a few evangelical places like Liberal University, I doubt that Trump is going to receive a ton of commencement invitations. I also doubt that he cares.
If I recall correctly, when pro-abortion obama spoke at Notre Dame, an elderly pro-life priest was manhandled by the authorities and ARRESTED for protesting.
Ah...here it is!
Liberal University?
I hope he doesn’t as that will wake up a few more dopes that think it’s a Catholic Catholic school which it is not. Jenkins had 83 people who were praying the Rosary on their knees on the grounds of the University of Our Lady while he was giving the abortion butcher Obama an honorary JD. Sickening!
I hope Trump says NO!
maybe the entire University is like their football team: THEY DON’T KNOW HOW TO WIN!
Ha. Good catch. “Liberty” University. Brain hiccup, I suppose, after typing liberal twice in previous sentence. Mea culpa.
fyi re liberalism in some Catholic Schools.
What can otherwise be expected from a Berkeley Jesuit?
Undergrad at Oggsford? This guy has lefty written all over him.
I’m sure he’s sooo torn up over this.../s
Truth be told the school sucks and is known for nothing.
Hope Trump blows them off and retires this silly tradition of pretending that ND is a distinguished university by having the POTUS address these chimpanzees at their pseudo-graduation.
But they gave an honorary degree to that illegal islamonazi immigrant who is Anti-Christian and who wanted Illinois to legalize murdering babies after they’re born. And who went on to lie about Obamacare (it pays for abortions even though he said it wouldn’t). But of course DJT isn’t good enough to bother even inviting
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