SPOKANE, Wash: Gonzaga University Alumni Object To Tutu Commencement Address
SPOKANE, Wash: Gonzaga University Alumni Object To Desmond Tutu Commencement Address
By Tracy Simmons
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/13/gonzaga-desmond-tutu-commencement_n_1424440.html
April 27, 2012
Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the former Anglican Archbishop of Southern Africa, is slated to deliver the commencement address next month to Gonzaga University's graduating class. A group of alumni, however, are saying he isn't welcome and are urging administrators to withdraw the invitation.
Patrick Kirby, a 1993 Gonzaga graduate, said Tutu is pro-abortion rights, has made offensive statements toward Jews and supports contraception and the ordination of gay clergy and shouldn't be honored by a Catholic institution.
The university plans to give Tutu an honorary Doctor of Laws degree at commencement. Kirby, a local attorney, said Tutu's visit violates the U.S. bishop's 2004 policy, "Catholics in Political Life." The policy states that Catholic institutions should not honor those "who act in defiance of our fundamental moral principles."
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
By Tracy Simmons
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/13/gonzaga-desmond-tutu-commencement_n_1424440.html
April 27, 2012
Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the former Anglican Archbishop of Southern Africa, is slated to deliver the commencement address next month to Gonzaga University's graduating class. A group of alumni, however, are saying he isn't welcome and are urging administrators to withdraw the invitation.Patrick Kirby, a 1993 Gonzaga graduate, said Tutu is pro-abortion rights, has made offensive statements toward Jews and supports contraception and the ordination of gay clergy and shouldn't be honored by a Catholic institution.
The university plans to give Tutu an honorary Doctor of Laws degree at commencement. Kirby, a local attorney, said Tutu's visit violates the U.S. bishop's 2004 policy, "Catholics in Political Life." The policy states that Catholic institutions should not honor those "who act in defiance of our fundamental moral principles."
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
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