Re: Pretend President Joe Biden
Sorry Joe... but look at the bright side... you probably just spared yourself another embarrassing and humiliating speech... and that's even if anyone even bothered to show up in the first place.
Biden Declines Notre Dame Commencement Invitation After Thousands Sign Petition Opposing His Appearance
President Joe Biden turned down the opportunity to deliver this year’s commencement address at the University of Notre Dame after a scathing petition urging the Catholic school not to honor the professing Catholic president garnered more than 4,600 signatures.The White House confirmed to the Catholic News Agency that Biden had been invited by the university — the school itself would neither confirm nor deny it — but claimed he could not attend the May 23 ceremony because of a scheduling conflict.It seems likely, however, that the strong opposition to his appearance, reflected in part by the large number of petition signatories, also played a role in his decision.
The petition, a letter to Notre Dame president John Jenkins, begins: “We, the undersigned members of the Notre Dame community and others dismayed by the pro-abortion and anti-religious liberty agenda of President Joe Biden, having learned … that you are considering inviting President Biden to be Commencement speaker and, accordingly, recipient of an honorary degree, write to urge that you not do so.” In a January interview with the online Catholic newspaper Crux, Jenkins hinted that he would invite Biden to speak at commencement, citing the university’s “long tradition of welcoming U.S. presidents to campus.” The petitioners pointed out that the “long tradition” is “not … unbroken,” noting that, as far as they knew, neither Donald Trump nor Bill Clinton was invited to speak on campus. (Trump’s vice president, Mike Pence, did give the 2017 commencement address.)
Jenkins further stated, “We can and should welcome elected leaders to our campus … while we acknowledge where we disagree.” While the petitioners agreed with that statement in general, they maintained that having Biden as commencement speaker would confer honor upon him, which conflicts with the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ pronouncement that “the Catholic community and Catholic institutions should not honor those who act in defiance of our fundamental moral principles.”Petitioners continued:
https://thenewamerican.com/biden-dec...is-appearance/
President Joe Biden turned down the opportunity to deliver this year’s commencement address at the University of Notre Dame after a scathing petition urging the Catholic school not to honor the professing Catholic president garnered more than 4,600 signatures.The White House confirmed to the Catholic News Agency that Biden had been invited by the university — the school itself would neither confirm nor deny it — but claimed he could not attend the May 23 ceremony because of a scheduling conflict.It seems likely, however, that the strong opposition to his appearance, reflected in part by the large number of petition signatories, also played a role in his decision.
The petition, a letter to Notre Dame president John Jenkins, begins: “We, the undersigned members of the Notre Dame community and others dismayed by the pro-abortion and anti-religious liberty agenda of President Joe Biden, having learned … that you are considering inviting President Biden to be Commencement speaker and, accordingly, recipient of an honorary degree, write to urge that you not do so.” In a January interview with the online Catholic newspaper Crux, Jenkins hinted that he would invite Biden to speak at commencement, citing the university’s “long tradition of welcoming U.S. presidents to campus.” The petitioners pointed out that the “long tradition” is “not … unbroken,” noting that, as far as they knew, neither Donald Trump nor Bill Clinton was invited to speak on campus. (Trump’s vice president, Mike Pence, did give the 2017 commencement address.)
Jenkins further stated, “We can and should welcome elected leaders to our campus … while we acknowledge where we disagree.” While the petitioners agreed with that statement in general, they maintained that having Biden as commencement speaker would confer honor upon him, which conflicts with the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ pronouncement that “the Catholic community and Catholic institutions should not honor those who act in defiance of our fundamental moral principles.”Petitioners continued:
Biden is such a person writ large. He rejects Church teachings on abortion, marriage, sex and gender and is hostile to religious liberty. He embraces the most pro-abortion and anti-religious liberty public policy program in history. The case against honoring him is immeasurably stronger than it was against honoring President Obama, an action that alienated countless Catholics and brought upon Notre Dame the harsh criticism of 83 cardinals, archbishops and bishops.
Comment