Gay Rights speaker at my Catholic college?

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Tomorrow, my college, which is Catholic, is hosting a Gay Rights activist to speak. I am aware of the Catholic teaching on Same Sex Attraction, so no need to go into that.

Should I be concerned that a Catholic college is hosting an event that goes directly against Church teaching.

If you want to read about him, he has a website: johncorvino.com/

Also, there is an article on this website criticizing Pope Benedict XVI: johncorvino.com/col105hp.html

What shall I do?
 
No, you should not be concerened.

Catholic colleges and universities teach a liberal arts education, which is a diverse and broad curriculum. You can go and question, but this is in line with the educational missions of the school.:cool: 👍
 
Be very concerned. It is type of moral relativism that should be barred from the Catholic college or university.

There is several step you can take:
 
Be concerned when a speaker is given a unilateral platform to speak. For many this is taken as an endorsement.

Academic Freedom you say? Baloney!
 
peregrinus_WA said:
Be very concerned. It is type of moral relativism that should be barred from the Catholic college or university.

There is several step you can take:
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I go to this college, and I do not want to remove the Catholic identity. Sure, many would consider the college “liberal,” but hopefully I, more of a traditional Catholic, can work with others to begin to change this. Our new president this year is trying to restore a more orthodox Catholic identity to the college, but cannot control everything. I’m not quite sure who controls the events.

The college is Dominican, founded by Dominican sisters. Who would be the superior I would contact?
 
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I go to this college, and I do not want to remove the Catholic identity. Sure, many would consider the college “liberal,” but hopefully I, more of a traditional Catholic, can work with others to begin to change this. Our new president this year is trying to restore a more orthodox Catholic identity to the college, but cannot control everything. I’m not quite sure who controls the events.

The college is Dominican, founded by Dominican sisters. Who would be the superior I would contact?
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I should of qualified that remark. The Bishop can remove their Catholic identity if they do not comply. Most only do that, and with great reluctance, after many infractions.

As for the Dominican Sisters, I am not sure. If it were the Friars, I could get that information easier.
 
It is a huge concern and you should write letters to the opinion page of your newspaper, work with other students to come and call into question some of his arguements (after researching), and write a letter to both yoru Bishop and the president of the school about this.

To an earlier poster, this is a violation of a Catholic School Mission because its purpose is to facilitate the Gospel; not something that is contrary to Catholic Moral teaching and leading sheep astray. Thankfully Benedict will address this when he comes, but I sadly feel many will rationalize what there doing as “Catholic” or just ignore it altogether. Would they allow a pro Iraq War person to speak on campus, or an individual who denies the Holocaust? NO they would not, but then how can they claim they are pushing academic freedom. What they are pushing is a message not in coherence with their Catholic Identity and failing Christ’s flock. We need to pray they change because if they do not many sad things await such people who do this.
 
Unfortunately, “Catholic College” is a bit of an oxymoron in America these days. You might write a letter to the dean of the department sponsoring the event and a letter to the president of the university expressing your concern, but don’t expect a reply. I would consider forwarding the information to the Cardinal Newman Society, which publishes a wonderful guide on Catholic Colleges. If nothing else, maybe you can help expose the area of weakness in this university and prevent other devout Catholics from spending their money here. Sad to say that not a single Jesuit college made their list of recommended schools which tells you how far the Jesuits have fallen.
 
hamburglar said:
Tomorrow, my college, which is Catholic, is hosting a Gay Rights activist to speak. I am aware of the Catholic teaching on Same Sex Attraction, so no need to go into that.

Should I be concerned that a Catholic college is hosting an event that goes directly against Church teaching.

If you want to read about him, he has a website: johncorvino.com/

Also, there is an article on this website criticizing Pope Benedict XVI: johncorvino.com/col105hp.html

What shall I do?
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Best advice:

If you manage to get him out, he’s only going to use it as evidence against the Church’s anti-gay policies. Best to try and limit people coming in, instead, so he can’t fuel anti-Clerical arguments.
 
i dont thnk having a gay person speak at your school is a bad think. it could help people realize more about gay rights and help people be more open minded
im bisexual so i support gay people fully
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Havok_Falls_81 said:
i dont thnk having a gay person speak at your school is a bad think. it could help people realize more about gay rights and help people be more open minded
im bisexual so i support gay marrige fully
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open minded to sin?

What rights is a chaste homosexual denied right now?
 
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I’m not sure what can be done with so little time.

Visiting the speaker’s website tells us what college you attend, but in looking at the college’s website I don’t see his speaking engagement listed in the calendar of events or news or press releases.

Who exactly is sponsoring his appearance? Is it being paid with by college funds or by student activities fees or by outside organizations?

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Ah, I see it listed on the website for what may be the student union. Corvino’s appearance seems to be funded by student fees, is that right?
 
If nothing can be done to prevent it work to prevent it from ever happening again.
 
Dale_M said:
I’m not sure what can be done with so little time.

Visiting the speaker’s website tells us what college you attend, but in looking at the college’s website I don’t see his speaking engagement listed in the calendar of events or news or press releases.

Who exactly is sponsoring his appearance? Is it being paid with by college funds or by student activities fees or by outside organizations?

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Ah, I see it listed on the website for what may be the student union. Corvino’s appearance seems to be funded by student fees, is that right?
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I’m not sure who is paying for it. It may be funded by a club or something. The clubs get funding from the College. But this guy is probably pretty expensive, so I don’t know.
 
peregrinus_WA said:
Be very concerned. It is type of moral relativism that should be barred from the Catholic college or university.
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You are either ignorant or just like calling people names.

Moral relativisim is the idea that morality is relative to induviduals, cultures (and other point of views). Get it? It’s sorta like saying “Well, stealing is wrong in our culture, but in another culture it might not be wrong.” The opposite would be moral absolutism, which says that there are moral standards from which acts can be universally judged. Human rights are a form of moral absolutism, for example.

Moral relativisim is not what this man is advocating. On the contrary, he believes that there *are *objective human rights - and he believes that gay people apply to them in a certian way.

Moral relativism is not what this school is advocating. On the contrary, the debate would be if the man’s beliefs about human rights are correct or not. I imagine there would be questions and discussion on the matter. I know there always is whenever a controversial person visits my catholic college.

Returning to the first sentence of my post: Go educate yourself on the meaning of moral relativism. Or, stop slinging mud around and pretending that they’re all moral relativists.
 
NewUlm1976_2000 said:
No, you should not be concerened.

Catholic colleges and universities teach a liberal arts education, which is a diverse and broad curriculum. You can go and question, but this is in line with the educational missions of the school.:cool: 👍
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I second this idea.

If you want a really conservative university that is closed to competing points of view (or open to them only inasmuch as they should be discouraged) - there are a few of them out there. Go to one of those. I think the Franciscan University of Stuebenville is a good one. There were others, but they died out. (I wonder why.)

I’m sure more will pop up, but they’ll fall by the wayside too. Free thought, debate, and criticism are the foundations of the western university. If you want your school to be a catechism class, I suggest you look elsewhere for your education (as limited as it would be).
 
Yes, of course it is bad that the minds of Catholics should be poisoned with heresy. Perhaps after the talk, you could organize a discussion where you can expose any errors proposed by the speaker.
 
Most likely this guy has encountered people who oppose his views. This is what he does with his life, and I honestly don’t think it is worth debating him. However right I will be, he will simply come out as the victor.

It doesn’t look like I’m going to prevent him. What else can I do?

edit: I am most definitely writing an article to the school newspaper, and probably also to the president of the college and the Bishop of the Diocese.
 
I think it’s an outrage and whoever is letting this happen should stop.
 
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