Letter to the Editor
Donald W. Whipple, C.S.C.
A list of questions and statements as regards the University's continued harassment of Notre Dame gays (alumni and students) — prohibiting ads — because, as the Administration says, the groups, "directly or indirectly, espouse positions contrary to the teachings of the Catholic Church."
The Notre Dame Administration wants to talk about sex. Let's talk about it:
1. Will all those faculty members and students who have had abortions or who have encouraged their wives or girlfriends to have such, please raise your hands?
2. Will all those men — married or single — who have sodomized wives or girlfriends, with or without their consent, please raise your hands?
3. Will all those married or single men who ask women (sometimes prostitutes) to perform fellatio on them, please ...
4. Will all those who have mistresses or engage in sex with someone other than their partner please ...
5. Will all the professors and graduate students who practice birth control, please ...
6. Will all those priests, married men, and students who masturbate regularly, please ...
Those who do their "sinning" privately are not judged and punished. But those who identify themselves as gay are supposed to be "sinning" in private, and they are judged and punished accordingly.
Shouldn't those listed above be excluded from University life too? They are "acting" contrary to the teachings of the Catholic Church, acting out being more serious than "espousing."
Notre Dame has become the Hypocritical Capitol of Catholicism — not Christianity, you note, which is tolerant, compassionate, loving, and truly inclusive.
Nazis will attack a group because of their identity, turning them into scapegoats, and making them wear triangles as a sign of their humiliation.
In our community cemeteries there lie buried some Holy Cross priests who died from AIDS. Unlike the Prodigal Father of the Gospel, Notre Dame's behavior is like an unforgiving curse on those beloved dead brothers. When will they ever learn?
Donald W. Whipple, C.S.C.
Class of 53
Cocoa Beach, Florida
October, 20, 1999
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