Jesuit Georgetown U gives platform to gay political advocacy group
by Peter Smith
WASHINGTON, D.C., February 1, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Georgetown University, a Catholic academic institution run by the Society of Jesus, has given a platform to the nation’s leading homosexual activist organization, the Human Rights Campaign.
According to a listing on Georgetown University’s website, HRC President Joe Solmonese was scheduled to give a lecture in Copley Hall Tuesday, today, at 4 pm. The lecture is entitled “Beyond DADT Repeal: The Future of the LGBTQ Rights Movement.”
The lecture was restricted to students, faculty, and staff at Georgetown University, and was sponsored by the Georgetown Lecture Fund, LGBTQ Resource Center, and Georgetown Pride.
Solmonese is one of the foremost advocates for same-sex “marriage” and lobbied hard to get Congress to rescind its ban on homosexuals in the military.
His planned lecture at Georgetown drew criticism from the Cardinal Newman Society (CNS), a Catholic education watchdog organization.
According to CNS, by hosting the president of the Human Rights Campaign, Georgetown University “is in direct violation” of a United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) directive called “Catholics in Political Life,” which says those who oppose the teachings of the Church should not be given “platforms which would suggest support for their actions.” (see document here)
The Georgetown Lecture Fund describes itself as a non-partisan student-run organization whose mission “to broaden and enrich Georgetown University’s student body by encouraging dialogue and debate.”
LifeSiteNews.com contacted the Georgetown Lecture Fund for comment late afternoon, but did not immediately hear back.
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