Suck on that bigots. Guess some people believe in academic freedom over hysteria.
The American Association of University Professors has issued a statement applauding the University of Notre Dame’s president, the Rev. John I. Jenkins, for standing firm in his decision to invite President Barack Obama as this year’s commencement speaker.
And Notre Dame’s faculty senate, an elected body, adopted a resolution supporting Jenkins’ decision to invite Obama and present him with an honorary degree.
AAUP praises Jenkins “for exemplifying by his actions the words of his predecessor, Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, who stated unequivocally that ‘the Catholic university must have true autonomy and academic freedom in the face of authority of whatever kind, lay or clerical, external to the academic community itself,' ” said the written statement released Thursday.
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