Uninviter now unemployed

Remember the flap last spring over Gov. Kathleen Sebelius’ rescinded invitation as graduation speaker at a prestigious Catholic school in Cincinnati? Joseph T. Devlin, the head of the school, had both invited the Ohio native to speak, then uninvited her after complaints about Sebelius’ pro-choice views and voting record. Well, Devlin has lost that job, after a three-year tenure that saw more trouble than just the Sebelius matter. Meanwhile, the popular governor appears likely to keep her own job for another four years.
Posted by Rhonda Holman

9 Comments

  1. JustTheFacts
    Posted March 26, 2006 at 6:27 am | Permalink

    There was no reason for her to speak at a catholic school when she is no longer a practicing catholic. I do not know the individual you speak of and he may have had other problems but he made the right decision on uninviting her.

    You cannot be catholic and be pro-choice.

  2. JackStraw
    Posted March 26, 2006 at 11:03 am | Permalink

    And the real shame was, he ‘increased diversity’ during his tenure. But it serves him right for dissing the Divine Ms. Sebelius.

  3. CrusaderX
    Posted March 26, 2006 at 2:23 pm | Permalink

    JTF,Well I’m sad to say that there are the Catholics for Choice group. However, their stance on abortion is a complete contradiction on the teachings of the Magisterium and of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, so yeah, I like to think they’re not real Catholics, but I still think they’re seriously just misguided, to the fault of some of the rebel priests who share their teachings.

  4. Damoon
    Posted March 26, 2006 at 6:31 pm | Permalink

    I agree..you can’t be Catholic and be prochoice, it’s a complete contradiction.

  5. CrusaderX
    Posted March 27, 2006 at 8:57 pm | Permalink

    You can’t be Catholic and Democrat. (Kennedys, Kerry)

  6. Tara
    Posted March 28, 2006 at 4:01 pm | Permalink

    I don’t understand. Isn’t it possible to keep your personal views separate from your political ones?You can believe abortion is wrong, but recognize that trying to outlaw it is a waste of resources that could be better used elsewhere? Or can’t you believe that the world is so beautiful and complex that only God could design it, but oppose fake science in science classrooms?That’s what ethicists do every day. That’s what supreme court judges are supposed to do. I admit it would be hard for most people to separate the two, but surely it is possible.

  7. Ben Huie
    Posted March 28, 2006 at 4:03 pm | Permalink

    You can’t be Catholic and Republican. “As ye treat the least of your brothers … “

  8. CrusaderX
    Posted April 3, 2006 at 11:54 pm | Permalink

    Tara,Wow! Have you actually met people like that? (minus politicians of course) I’ve never met a man of two minds, perhaps what you describe fits the bill precisely.

  9. Tara
    Posted April 4, 2006 at 12:44 am | Permalink

    I consider myself one of those people, and I don’t think I’m a hypocrite for it.Last night I went to Pali lookout, the most beautiful view in Hawaii. Breathtaking. google it for some pictures. God and His paintbrush, you know.Tonight I’m breaking out the flipping through my biology text. I quiz myself: What indications suggest that animals evolved from a protist similar to a modern chanoflagellate?

    Abortion makes me sad. If I didn’t think it wasn’t wrong, it wouldn’t effect me at all. And yet, I would love nothing more than to convince women to choose life. Show them sonograms, give them free daycare, treat them to prenatal massages, anything! But I recognize that any attempt to blanket ban abortion would be immediately overturned and a waste of time, since it would violate bodily autonomy… I think the abortion issue is a tool used to sway voters who think their votes will actually make abortion illegal. You know, scream loud enough about killing babies and they’ll forget about all the other issues that actually pertain to them.

    Am I a woman of two minds? I guess. I separate the personal from the “professional”. Kind of like a Jehovah’s Witness emergency physician (I actually met one several weeks ago!)It’s the people who mistake their personal morality for anything other than what it is–personal– that pisses me off.

    This is an old thread, isn’t it? I think I’ll stop.