The following comes from an October 19 story on LifeSiteNews.com.
The University of Notre Dame will host a public debate on the issue of gay “marriage” next week between traditional marriage advocate Maggie Gallagher and a Wayne State University philosophy professor who bills himself as “the gay moralist.”
The October 25th debate will see Gallagher, president for the Institute for Marriage and Public Policy, debate John Corvino, philosophy professor at Wayne State University. They will reportedly discuss the arguments from the book they co-authored, Debating Same-Sex Marriage.
Corvino has called Church teaching on sexuality, “Stubborn, perhaps–even foolish–but consistent” and bemoaned, “If only the pope could see the weakness of his own stance.”
He said of Pope Benedict XVI: Upon his election as pope, Benedict described himself as “a simple and humble laborer in the vineyard of the Lord.” It is hard to recognize humility in a man who insists that anyone who rejects his particular religious worldview must therefore endorse relativism and egoism. It is still harder to recognize it in someone who now claims to speak directly for God.
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Good grief….Lord have mercy…
The University of Notre Dame will host a public debate on the issue of gay “marriage” next week
Let’s win one for the Gipper!!!!!!
It is a false flag debate; the strategy is to bring about a popular belief that sodomy is debateable. It is exactly what the Congress does, renders all things into a permanent forum of debate. Thus NDU is training its students how to succeed in politics … by relegating everything to triviality.
JLS yes I agree, because your comments bare truth. What you just pointed out is what any decent person would conclude. What a waste of time, they should be forming consciences in the way it is pleasing to God, not adding their own two cents to bring forth confusion!
No need to read the whole “story” as it is only what a mindless, Godless person believes, which is 180 degrees from the truth. The headlines should be giving us the real story; that Pope Benedict is a very humble and holy Man of God. +JMJ+
Lord bring down they wrath and cleanse the filth away….
This man criticizing the pope is like a five-year-old trying to sink a battleship with his pea shooter. Why give him any press at all ? His assumed title of “gay moralist” is an oxymoron if I ever saw one. He should be laughed off whatever stage he appears on.
He should jump into a time machine and go back and argue with Moses.
Ted those who organized this are actually the ones we should wonder about. I don’t care if they feel this is helpful, it’s their illogical assumption that this should be a college thing presented to their students especially at a Catholic identity one. How can I fault this evil man’s ideals when you have those in charge who have entertained his notions by even having this absurd debate!
About a year ago or so, when we were looking into colleges for our eldest child (for this year to start), my good friend, who is a non-Catholic Christian, gently warned me (she didn’t know if I had known, so she just threw it out there.) about certain Catholic Universities, she said “be careful what Catholic College you look into because not all are good, most are very liberal.” She wasn’t saying it out of malice, she sincerely was concerned for me. God bless her.
Marriage is between and a man and a woman. There should be no debate, especially at a “Catholic” university.
AMEN to that Joel!
These two need to study the teaching of the Church Fathers. Nothing has changed in over 2000 years because it was decided over 2000 years ago that homosexuality is immoral and an abominiation. No need for discussion or debate. What you think doesn’t matter and never will. The Catholic Church is not a demcracy–get it?
Catholic parents always try their best to give their children a very good (though often expensive!) Catholic education! A good Catholic education is supposed to produce a well-educated Catholic student, both intellectually and morally, and an excellent, practicing adult Catholic! Their education is for the glory of God, to help in Christ’s holy earthly mission. It is NOT a mere secular, earthly work, of perhaps pagan, earthly peoples! It is a work of God!! The Holy Cross Fathers need to understand this, at Notre Dame!! They have a duty to Christ, to teach and to strengthen the Sacrament of Holy Matrimony, in their Catholic students!! In our Faith– Marriage is a holy Sacrament, instituted by Our Lord!! The Holy Cross Fathers need to answer students’ questions on Catholic Marriage– in their Religion classes! This ridiculous “debate” should not even exist!!
No doubt that the Holy Cross Fathers at Notre Dame want desparately to understand … It’s the danged money problems that they have to resolve first.
What saddens me so much is that this University is named after
Our Blessed Mother, how things like this must make her weep.
Notre Dame is a Fake Catholic University that had an 85 year old pro-life Priest arrested for standing up for The Faith
Amen, John Fenney, Amen!
John Feeney that is very shameful. I’m angered every time I hear about that injustice that went on. But I am glad you posted it because we need to never forget!