Our response to ND

We were contacted by ND's alumni association with the proper venues for contacting the president...

Dear Fr. Jenkins:

We are torn with the latest news about our son's upcoming graduation.

We never dreamt we would be so torn: our hearts divided between celebrating the well-deserved accomplishments of our dear eldest son (first of seven) and standing up for the sacredness of life.

We concur with NDResponse.com: your decision, Fr. Jenkins, has placed us and the graduates in a very difficult moral quandary.

Reflect upon the experience of Archbishop Chaput having regretted his support for Jimmy Carter in 1978.

The President of the United States commands our respect due to the office, but Notre Dame need not honor each holder of that office.

Yes, Barack Obama has done something extraordinary in winning the Presidency, but that achievement does not absolve him of his repeated, open, vigorous support of and protection for the manifest evil that is abortion.

Are we are not obliged, in the words of Martin Luther King, Jr., to judge Barack Obama by the content of his character rather than by the color of his skin?

May Our Lady, whose beautiful statute adorns the campus, and in whose hands and heart we entrust our son and daughter at ND, pray for us and help guide the administration to stand courageously for Life.

In Christ Our Lord,

Geoffrey M. Henebry, Ph.D., C.S.E.
Coordinator, Geospatial Science & Engineering Ph.D. program
Professor of Biology and Geography & Senior Research Scientist
Geographic Information Science Center of Excellence (GIScCE)
South Dakota State University

Ana Braga-Henebry, M.A.
aninha77@gmail.com
http://anabragahenebrysjournal.blogspot.com/