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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPence faces walk-out at Notre Dame over his anti-LGBT views
http://www.washingtonblade.com/2017/05/16/notre-dame-students-to-walk-out-during-pence-speech-over-anti-lgbt-views/May 16, 2017 at 8:24 pm EDT | by Chris Johnson
Pence faces walk-out at Notre Dame over his anti-LGBT views
In a demonstration intended to signal outrage over his anti-LGBT record, students at the University of Notre Dame are planning a walk-out during an upcoming commencement ceremony in which Vice President Mike Pence is set to deliver the keynote address.
Xitlaly Estrada, a Notre Dame undergraduate, said in a statement the protest set to take place during the ceremony on Sunday is the result of Pence enacting policies in opposition to the Catholic faith.
The participation and degree-conferring of VP Pence stand as an endorsement of policies and actions which directly contradict Catholic social teachings and values and target vulnerable members of the universitys community, Estrada said.
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In addition to Pences anti-LGBT record, the walk-out is intended to protest his rejection of the Syrian refugee resettlement program, support for Trumps travel ban, and opposition to sanctuary cities, a statement announcing the demonstration says.
Bryan Ricketts, a Notre Dame undergraduate, said in a statement the demonstration is consistent with former Notre Dame President Theodore Hesburghs vision of school solidarity with the vulnerable.
Like Father Hesburgh, we seek to stand in solidarity with the vulnerable, Ricketts said. We will walk out in silence, with respect for the human dignity of those with whom we disagree and with an invitation to the rest of the community to build an inclusive future together.
The planned walk-out is set to take place weeks after Education Secretary Betsy Devos delivered the commencement speech at Bethune-Cookman University, a historically black college in Florida, and graduating seniors booed and turned their backs on her over controversial remarks she made comparing HBCUs to schools of choice.
The Washington Blade has placed a request with the office of the vice president seeking comment on the protest.
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Pence faces walk-out at Notre Dame over his anti-LGBT views (Original Post)
babylonsister
May 2017
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volstork
(5,400 posts)1. Good.
I hope they boo the a**hole out of South Bend.
COLGATE4
(14,732 posts)2. Won't bother Pence at all. He's a red-blooded Protestant
Dominonist who thinks all Catholics are children of Satan.
hunter
(38,311 posts)5. Message deleted by DU the Administrators
COLGATE4
(14,732 posts)6. Kind of like Marco Rubio?
oasis
(49,381 posts)3. RESIST.
Initech
(100,068 posts)4. Keep up the resistance!!!