FSU Catholic Student Senate President Forced Out After Stating BlackLivesMatter.com, Reclaim The Block, ACLU, ‘Advocate For Things That Are Explicitly

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Jack Denton, a rising senior at FSU, is a member of the Catholic Student Union, whose members participate in a group chat which discusses event information, making prayer requests, and current events. On June 3, 2020, after noting that a student had shared a link to a video on YouTube that raised advertising and donation revenue for several organizations derived in part from each time a person views the video while another student shared a list of the video’s beneficiaries, Denton wrote, “The various funds on that list are fine causes as far as I know, but everyone should be aware that BlackLivesMatter.com, Reclaim the Block, and the ACLU all advocate for things that are explicitly anti-Catholic.”

When he was asked to clarify his remarks, Denton added, “BlackLivesMatter.com fosters ‘a queer-affirming network’ and defends transgenderism. The ACLU defends laws protecting abortion facilities and sued states that restrict access to abortion. Reclaim the Block claims less police will make our communities safer and advocates for cutting PDs’ budgets. This is a little less explicit, but I think it’s contrary to the Church’s teaching on the common good.”

He added,“I don’t mean to anger anyone – I know this is a very emotional topic. However, it is important to know what you’re supporting when you’re Catholic. If I stay silent while my brothers and sisters may be supporting an organization that promotes grave evils, I have sinned through my silence. I love you all, and I want us all to be aware of the truth. As far as [whether] it’s a religious issue or not, there isn’t an aspect of our lives that isn’t religious, because God wants our whole lives and everything we do to be oriented around him!”

One of Denton’s peers took screenshots of the chat and posted them online; Denton was unaware of that fact.
The same day, during the student senate meeting, one senator made a motion of no-confidence against Denton, stating that she made the motion because she was “offended and scandalized by the rhetoric that Jack Denton used.” She accused Mr. Denton of describing some people as “grave evil” and said that she made her motion “because people who have described me and my community as ‘grave evils’ have done it with the intention to not only hurt me emotionally but to hurt me physically.” Other senators offered other criticisms of Denton for his remarks.
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The vote to remove Denton failed, but on June 5, after a petition was created to remove Denton from his position that gained over 6,000 signatures and a public campaign was launched, Denton himself called for a special session to hear public statements from the student body and to allow the Senate to entertain a second motion of no-confidence. The senate voted to remove Denton from office.
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I wonder what will happen here.
 
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So the student got in trouble for simply ponting out the fact that three organizations support policies that are opposed to Catholic teaching.

Apparently, in a university, free discussion is not tolerated.
 
The religion of the left seems pretty intolerant of diversity.
 
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Apparently, in a university, free discussion is not tolerated.
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I am not sure when free discussion was allowed at a public university.

Nor do I think it would have helped the situation to point out the clear Marxist leadership - never mind the Catholic approach.
 
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His comments taken for display without his knowledge. No issue really there as he was stating the truth.
Comments taken out of context, AND changed to mean something else is a lie. Typical for someone who disagrees with another on a different level, and will use anything to “get back” at them without justification. “Don’t have any facts? Hey, no prob, just make something up.” “Nobody will care about the source anyway once the yelling starts right?”
Claiming that words were used to physically hurt someone is beyond ridiculous.
No surprise here though, burn the straw man. The part that irritates me is that people just went with it as fact.
Lastly this young man’s reputation will be tarnished for a long time just because of the accusation. There will always be someone who thinks, “Uh huh, he just got away with it that’s all, the bigot.”
Pray for us all.
Dominus vobiscum
 
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