Agree to Disagree on the Murdering of Innocent Children

Notre Dame Says ‘Yes We Can’
And adds to the cloud of moral confusion on the human-rights
issue of our lifetimes.

"One might try to defend Fr. Jenkins, saying he was just trying to apply the Gospel of the day to the graduation ceremony, as the country was watching. But instead, while speaking vaguely about the need for both faith and reason, he preached a nebulous, vacuous gospel. He said: “Difference must be acknowledged, and in some cases even cherished. . . . We can persuade believers by appeal to both faith and reason. As we serve our country, we will be motivated by faith, but we cannot appeal only to faith. We must also engage in a dialogue that appeals to reason that all can accept.” But there was no dialogue, or persuasion, at the commencement on Sunday. There was the president of Our Lady’s University treating the key human-rights issue of our day as one issue among many, granting the president of the United States a red carpet to make the case for agreeing to disagree."

Read the full text by Kathryn Jean Lopez at National Review Online

On a side note...the Valedictorian's speech was about recycling. I don't know about you...but, I don't find old plastic water bottles to be very enlightening or inspirational. You have to wonder about the purpose of college these days.