How 'Gay Straight Alliance' clubs mar identity of Catholic Colleges

Catholic colleges with these clubs are listed here

After meticulous examination, TFP Student Action volunteers found pro-homosexual student clubs at 111 Catholic institutions of higher learning.  Of the 211 Catholic universities and colleges listed by Ganley’s Catholic Schools in America, 52 percent appear to sponsor organizations which undermine Catholic morality.

From 2009 to 2012, the number of pro-homosexual clubs operating on Catholic campuses has risen by 7 percent. Research conducted in 2009 found clubs at 45 percent of Catholic colleges.  

Many of these clubs act as platforms of dissent.  They sponsor sinful events and promote ideas that advance the homosexual movement’s most radical agenda:  same-sex “marriage,” the acceptance of immoral lifestyles, gender confusion, and the rejection of Catholic teaching.

For example:

• The Queer Straight Alliance club at the College of St. Scholastica held a “Vote No” rally against God-ordered marriage in Minnesota.  In addition, 192 faculty and staff members attacked the marriage amendment in a public statement.

• The University of San Diego allowed its pro-homosexual “PRIDE” club to sponsor a “drag show” on campus.

• America’s oldest Catholic university, Georgetown, promoted a month-long schedule of pro-homosexual activities in October.  The various “Coming Out” events included a public “kiss-in” (same-sex kissing).

• The number of “lavender graduations” on Catholic campuses have been increasing.  These “graduations” treat sinful lifestyles as something special.

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“These clubs are aggressively pushing to mainstream sin, to pretend sin is something special,” said TFP Student Action Director John Ritchie.  “Never mind academic achievement.  Vice is being celebrated now, not virtue.”

“At the heart of so many famous Catholic universities, a real dictatorship of ‘tolerance’ is sidelining the truth, throwing 2,000 years of Catholic teaching right out the window,” he continued.  “More and more students are confronted with visible, active and well-funded pro-homosexual clubs that openly contradict natural law and undermine good moral values.”

“As the culture war intensifies, it’s vital to stop the sexual revolution from misleading more souls,” Ritchie remarked.  “What will happen if non-negotiable moral values continue to be surrendered to the culture of death on Catholic campuses?  Without moral values, what’s the difference between Berkeley and Georgetown?  Like Our Lord asked:  What is salt worth if it has lost its savor?”

Over 24,000 students and concerned parents have already signed a protest petition drafted by TFP Student Action, urging Catholic university presidents to disband pro-homosexual clubs within their institutions.  The goal of the petition is to also encourage students to stand strong on moral values and fight the trend of indifference and inaction.  Everyone is invited to sign the petition.  

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TFP Student Action has no intention to defame or disparage anyone with this campaign. We do not harbor personal hatred against any individual. By intellectually opposing individuals or organizations promoting the homosexual agenda, our only intent is to defend marriage, the family, Catholic education, and the precious remnants of Christian civilization in society.

In his address to Catholic educators at the Catholic University of America in April 2008, Pope Benedict XVI said:

“Teachers and administrators, whether in universities or schools, have the duty and privilege to ensure that students receive instruction in Catholic doctrine and practice. This requires that public witness to the way of Christ, as found in the Gospel and upheld by the Church's Magisterium, shapes all aspects of an institution's life, both inside and outside the classroom. Divergence from this vision weakens Catholic identity and, far from advancing freedom, inevitably leads to confusion, whether moral, intellectual or spiritual.”

TFP Student Action hopes to collect 50,000 petitions before Christmas.

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Georgetown Suspends Student for Refusing LGBT Training

Here's a troubling development at Georgetown University, courtesy of Kira Davis at Conservative Daily News. Georgetown University participates in a program called the Community Scholars Program which provides scholarships to GU for disadvantaged youth from across the country. The students attend a 5-week summer intensive on campus to prepare for fall courses. One workshop they were required to attend was an LGBTQ (when did the Q get on there? Seriously folks, are you going to use the whole alphabet?) “sensitivity training.” Jarrett Roby from Chicago, IL was one of the lucky attendees, but when he was told he had to attend the training or risk disciplinary action Roby chose his religious convictions over program policy and refused to attend. A debate ensued and Roby (young and black and yes, that may be unfortunately relevant here) was accused of making the residential assistants feel “physically threatened”. Here is the story in Roby’s own words and you can find more information and exclusive coverage at kiradavis.net.

I’m just greatly saddened about the situation. Officially, the program directors will say I was dismissed from the program because I left 3 of the RAs feeling physically threatened. However I never mentioned anything remotely violent or did anything violent. Also I am confident that all of my peers would support the fact that I have never showed an ounce of violence and any such claims are flawed. The directors of the program who dismissed me said that their reasoning may not be fair, but they were not going to ask for a general consensus of me. Considering this, I believe I was asked to leave the program because I took a conservative stand against a liberal ideology and liberal group of people who are in charge of the program. Every scholar apart of the program was signed up for an LGBTQ seminar for Monday (July 23). I decided this was a seminar I would not attend. I am a devout Christian so I have no animosity in my heart toward any man whether he is gay or straight. I am required to love all people and I try my best to do so. I have no problems with homosexuals because it is the natural and God given right to be with whom they want to be with (Freewill). I do not support Gay rights, but as a supporter of the US constitution I do tolerate them. Because I have an established view point on LGBTQ I did not think it was necessary for me to go to the seminar. I approached a RA privately with my appeal on Sunday and it was automatically shut down and I was told I could expect to be written up if I did not go to the seminar. I held my peace and persisted with the idea of not going. Later that night other students got wind that I was not planning on going to the seminar. I was automatically attacked and deemed “closed-minded” and “ignorant”. In the mist of this rising confrontation I began to speak up to try and explain to other scholars how I was not trying to be intolerant. During this discussion the same three RAs that decided that they felt physically threaten tried to stop the conversation and send everyone to their rooms before the established curfew. I once again spoke up in protest of the early curfew and with an appeal that everyone calms down and back off. As the intensity died down it was clear that the RAs had personal biases toward LGBTQ and were against anyone who spoke against it. I heard the RAs say negative things about me but I didn’t respond because once everything died down it was curfew and I did not want to turn a political debate into and emotional onslaught. The next day I was called in by the program directors and told my actions during the informal debate had reassured the RAs feeling of being threatened. I was told that there had been a meeting with the RA’s and it was decided that I could not stay because 3 RAs were scared for the safety. I believe a true injustice was done to me. I am not looking for revenge, but I am trying to help stop injustice.

– Jarret Roby