A pro-Marriage student group at Georgetown University is in danger of being defunded and barred from campus facilities, after fellow students have petitioned that it be recognized as a “hate group.”
The Hoya, Georgetown’s student newspaper, reported on Oct. 20 that Love Saxa, a student organization promoting Catholic doctrine regarding marriage, will undergo a Student Activities Commission hearing on Oct. 23, to defend itself against charges that the group fosters hatred and intolerance.
The hearing is a response to a petition filed by a student-senator in the Georgetown University Student Association, and supported by leaders of gay pride student organizations at Georgetown.
The Student Activities Commission hearing has been postponed until October 30.
So, let me understand this.
There exists the possibility that Georgetown’s student government may deny Love Saxa student activity funding (about $ 250) for the group’s use of university facilities to publicly express Catholic beliefs?
Is that right?
The proximate cause for the so-called investigation by student government leaders is a September op-ed in The Hoya where Love Saxa President,Amelia Irvine, wrote, “we believe that Marriage is a conjugal union on every level—emotional, spiritual, physical and mental—directed toward caring for biological children. To us, Marriage is much more than commitment of love between two consenting adults.”
This completely balanced and particularly Catholic understanding of the Sacrament of Marriage is now alleged to constitute “hate speech” at a Catholic University?
Is that right?
Georgetown is a Catholic university.
Is that right?
There is nothing stopping the administration from stepping in and stopping this before it starts, and castigating the student government for not acting in a manner consistent Catholic doctrine.
Is that right?
The fact the Jesuit-run administration has let things get this far is a disgraceful.
That's right, for sure!
Over the years, the one thing that has been manifestly clear about the Jesuits is this: you will find them lurking around wherever there is money, or power or positions of influence.
If rationality and a commitment to honor the consistent dogmatic and doctrinal teachings of the Church regarding Marriage are not persuasive to the Jesuits who govern Georgetown, perhaps alumni withdrawing financial support will be.
And so, may I suggest to said alumni that perhaps their contributions might be better served if they were donated to institutions which have a clear understanding of what their missions are and are committed to fulfilling those missions.
Clearly, Georgetown University is suffering from a serious identity crisis and has forgotten what its mission as a Catholic institution truly is.
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