Posted on 03/27/2009 6:45:57 AM PDT by NYer
President Obama, who has made massive strides to expand abortion rights in his first few weeks in office, is looking forward to a "dialogue" with Catholics, who by church law are pro-life, when he speaks at the school's commencement this spring.
The confirmation came at a news briefing today from presidential press secretary Robert Gibbs to Les Kinsolving, WND's correspondent at the White House.
"What is the president's reaction to the 50,000 people already who've signed petitions joining the Catholic bishop of Fort Wayne, South Bend in objecting to his addressing the graduation and receiving an honorary degree from Notre Dame?" Kinsolving asked.
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"The president obviously believes that everyone has a right to get involved and exercise their opinion and he met last week with Cardinal George and others to discuss topics that he's interested in and the Catholic church is interested in and he looks forward to continuing dialogue in the leadup to the commencement and looks forward to delivering the address in May," said Gibbs.
WND reported earlier on the fury that developed among Roman Catholics when the announcement was made that Obama, with his pro-abortion agenda, would speak at the school.
In his brief tenure in the White House, Obama has reversed a federal ban on embryonic stem-cell research, lifted a restriction on using taxpayer money for organizations that provide abortions around the world and has promised to support radical legislation called the Freedom of Choice Act, which would eliminate virtually every state and local abortion restriction nationwide. His Health and Human Services secretary, Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, hosted events in the governor's mansion for late-term abortionist George Tiller, on trial now on 19 criminal counts.
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Dialogue. That’s what community agitators do well.
Yes, lets take an issue that is important to you and talk it to death cause he ain’t changing and neither is the church.
Oh good, BHO is going to find the middle ground on the abortion issue.
It’s not a “dialogue” when you stand up and read from a teleprompter, Hussein!
My dialouge would get me banned here, so I guess I would just bring a picture book of aborted babies and parts lying on various items like quarters (to show scale) and simply ask him if he is really so ignorant as to believe that it is above his paygrade to know that this is a human being?
Dialog? Kinda like he did on the stimulus plan? What a twisted heart this guy is....
A: When Obama is involved.
Yup, he wants to dialog and then break up into small groups and dialog some more, then they can all report back what THEY think. Maybe they can then take a VOTE on what he should believe. Maybe he thinks then they’ll take a vote on what the CATHOLIC CHURCH believes?
Those stupid academics. They never make decisions — way to risky.
“Dialogue”. That’s a word the North Koreans like to use while they launch missiles.
How is Obama different from Hitler or Stalin?
His lips are moving, he is lying.
He opposed the BAIPA and lied about his opposition.
Note to Notre Dame: You surely can pick 'em.
Pro -abort definition of dialog:
You keep talking and we’ll keep killing babies.
Gladly.... done.
Truly, when the foundations crumble, what WILL the righteous do?
Satan, get thee behind me!
He’s Kenyan?
Is he bringing Nancy Pelosi with him? She tried to correct the Pope on Catholic Church doctrine on abortion.
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