Nearly a dozen student groups at the University of Notre Dame issued a statement today repudiating the University's selection of President Barack Obama to deliver its 2009 Commencement Address.Signatories of the statement include The Irish Rover Student Newspaper, Notre Dame Law School Right to Life, Notre Dame Law St Thomas More Society and others.
The statement criticizes the president's position on abortion, embryonic stem cell research, and other life issues, and chastises University administration for apparently looking over what they termed "fundamental moral principles."
Citing Catholic teaching on abortion, as well as the US Bishops' 2004 document "Catholics in Political Life," which forbids Catholic institutions from honoring pro-abortion politicians, the document expresses "deepest opposition" to the decision.
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