Catholic college contrarians

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by Amy Pawlak

I knew, when I graduated from Alverno College in 2004, that it - like most institutions of higher learning - skewed to the left in politics and social agendas. Since I was pretty liberal myself for most of my college years, this didn't bother me then as much as it does now.

So I was saddened - but not surprised - to see that the College's website links to many groups that promote behaviors that are contrary to Catholic teaching, including groups that promote abortion and homosexual behavior. This story sums up the problems, which are not exclusive to Alverno.

Catholic Alverno College Hosts Links to Pro-Abort, Homosexualist Groups

From LifeSiteNews:Catholic Alverno College Hosts Links to Pro-Abort, Homosexualist Groups

By Kathleen Gilbert

MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin, June 22, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) - A conservative student group has launched a protest against Alverno College, a Catholic educational institution for women, whose research division directs online visitors to several pro-abortion and homosexualist groups.

TFP (Tradition, Family, Property) Student Action launched the peaceful protest after discovering links to extreme pro-abortion groups including the National Organization for Women, the Center for Reproductive Rights, EMILY's List, and the Feminist Majority Foundation, on the resource page of the Alverno College Research Center for Women and Girls.

http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2010/jun/10062201.html

Why Does Alverno College Have 10 Abortion Links?

Faithful Catholic Students Launch Protest

The Alverno College Research Center for Women and Girls (RCWG) currently lists ten abortion advocacy organizations on its web site under “resources related to women and girls.” Problematic entries include:

* ACLU
* Center for Reproductive Rights
* Feminist Majority Foundation
* Feminist Women’s Health Center
* Lambda Legal
* National Women’s Health Network
* National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health
* National Organization for Women (NOW)
* SIECUS
* Women’s Medical Fund, Inc.

Sign-the-protest

See the links here: http://depts.alverno.edu/rcwg/resources.html

Marquette University Blurs Moral Issue

Today, The Wall Street Journal published an interesting commentary regarding the controversy at Marquette University involving their choice of a pro-homosexual "sexuality scholar" as dean, a choice they later backed off from, but which generated heated debate.

The specific nature of the job at issue—as dean Ms. O'Brien would have been charged with helping to implement Ex Corde Ecclesiae, Pope John Paul II's 1990 apostolic constitution intended to revitalize Catholic higher education—may have driven Marquette to back off this particular appointment. But the real story here is that in the upside-down world of Catholic higher education, there is more status in hiring a sexuality scholar who denigrates Catholic teachings on sexuality and marriage than in choosing a serious scholar who might actually support Catholic teachings.

The full article is here