NAACP at CUA: Capitulation to Pro-Abortionists
I read in THE CATHOLIC STANDARD that the president of CUA has reversed himself and will allow a college chapter of the NAACP. This is very disappointing. While there are little to no health and safety regulations in the abortion industry, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People recently announced its full endorsement of the "pro-choice" position. One press release stated that this was necessary because "women of color seek abortion at rates higher than their percentage in the population." What backward logic this is! This decision is utterly irresponsible. They do not seem to care that one in every three African American pregnancies ends in abortion. That constitutes a racial genocide of over 1,200 black children every day. They have placed themselves in the pocket of the abortion industry that has made a fortune from innocent blood. It is estimated that 70% of abortion providers are located in minority neighborhoods. Instead of seeking ways to support and build up African American families, they have opted to become part of the problem, perpetuating broken families and abusing and murdering their own children.
Do the officials at The Catholic University of America really believe that the NAACP is sincere about allowing the new college chapter to disassociate itself from the pro-abortion agenda advocated by the national organization? They are fooling themselves. Once they have a foothold, they will do what they want and if the university says anything, they will play the race card just as they have done all summer. They will spread their propaganda at a school where Catholic parents want their children to be formed wholly by the Gospel of Life. A great deal of pressure was placed against the president, Fr. David M. O'Connell, and many of us thought that he would stay the course. There were already two perfectly good minority organizations on campus that did not support abortion. This is simply a case of the NAACP trying to spread its liberal agenda that conflicts with Catholic teaching and interests, while wiping out any rival organizations. The NAACP held protest rallies and threatened litigation. I suspect this is a taste of how they will continue to function toward the university. Its president, Kweisi Mfume stated back in June that the school's refusal was "outright discrimination, bigotry, prejudice and intolerance all rolled into one. It is at the very least a double standard based on race and social philosophy." Of course, there was nothing racist about it; the problem was what he called "social philosophy," i.e. the Church's stand against abortion. If this "social philosophy" is constitutive of the NAACP's mission, can we really believe that any of its chapters will really disassociate themselves in practice? The answer is no, and just as some bishops (as in Lincoln Nebraska) have prohibited for Catholics (under pain of excommunication) any membership in organizations like NOW, Planned Parenthood, the National Abortion Rights League; the same treatment should be given the NAACP for its toleration of abortion and homosexuality. What we need today is a new civil rights organization that will not compromise on the sanctity of life. The NAACP has betrayed its mandate and it is a scandal that any Catholic would maintain membership in it and certainly Catholic schools should prohibit it, under any guise, from their campuses.
Catholic University released a statement on October 12 where it was said that students assured Fr. O'Connel that the campus chapter "would adhere to the university's policies and procedures, including the university's presentations policy, under all circumstances." However, problems remain. Students come and go. Who is to say that members in the future will abide by such rules, particularly as the national NAACP plans accelerated efforts to promote its agenda among young people, under the auspices of its public health program? Further, the matter is more than mere bureacratic "policies and procedures". We are talking here about natural law and Church teaching. If the NAACP wants a chapter at CUA then it should reverse itself about abortion and take a pro-life stand. Any campus chapter should spell out in its founding principles, that it is pro-life and that abortion is the ultimate discrimination-- reducing a class of people to a commodity-- denying them their right to life. I suspect that they will not do this. Failing to do so, allowing them on campus is a serious mistake.
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has drawn an analogy between the the institution of slavery and the toleration of abortion. In both cases, human beings are stripped of their personhood and inherent God-given dignity. By supporting abortion, the greatest social injustice of all, the NAACP has betrayed its mandate and has aligned itself with the slave traders and oppressors of yesterday.
Do the officials at The Catholic University of America really believe that the NAACP is sincere about allowing the new college chapter to disassociate itself from the pro-abortion agenda advocated by the national organization? They are fooling themselves. Once they have a foothold, they will do what they want and if the university says anything, they will play the race card just as they have done all summer. They will spread their propaganda at a school where Catholic parents want their children to be formed wholly by the Gospel of Life. A great deal of pressure was placed against the president, Fr. David M. O'Connell, and many of us thought that he would stay the course. There were already two perfectly good minority organizations on campus that did not support abortion. This is simply a case of the NAACP trying to spread its liberal agenda that conflicts with Catholic teaching and interests, while wiping out any rival organizations. The NAACP held protest rallies and threatened litigation. I suspect this is a taste of how they will continue to function toward the university. Its president, Kweisi Mfume stated back in June that the school's refusal was "outright discrimination, bigotry, prejudice and intolerance all rolled into one. It is at the very least a double standard based on race and social philosophy." Of course, there was nothing racist about it; the problem was what he called "social philosophy," i.e. the Church's stand against abortion. If this "social philosophy" is constitutive of the NAACP's mission, can we really believe that any of its chapters will really disassociate themselves in practice? The answer is no, and just as some bishops (as in Lincoln Nebraska) have prohibited for Catholics (under pain of excommunication) any membership in organizations like NOW, Planned Parenthood, the National Abortion Rights League; the same treatment should be given the NAACP for its toleration of abortion and homosexuality. What we need today is a new civil rights organization that will not compromise on the sanctity of life. The NAACP has betrayed its mandate and it is a scandal that any Catholic would maintain membership in it and certainly Catholic schools should prohibit it, under any guise, from their campuses.
Catholic University released a statement on October 12 where it was said that students assured Fr. O'Connel that the campus chapter "would adhere to the university's policies and procedures, including the university's presentations policy, under all circumstances." However, problems remain. Students come and go. Who is to say that members in the future will abide by such rules, particularly as the national NAACP plans accelerated efforts to promote its agenda among young people, under the auspices of its public health program? Further, the matter is more than mere bureacratic "policies and procedures". We are talking here about natural law and Church teaching. If the NAACP wants a chapter at CUA then it should reverse itself about abortion and take a pro-life stand. Any campus chapter should spell out in its founding principles, that it is pro-life and that abortion is the ultimate discrimination-- reducing a class of people to a commodity-- denying them their right to life. I suspect that they will not do this. Failing to do so, allowing them on campus is a serious mistake.
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has drawn an analogy between the the institution of slavery and the toleration of abortion. In both cases, human beings are stripped of their personhood and inherent God-given dignity. By supporting abortion, the greatest social injustice of all, the NAACP has betrayed its mandate and has aligned itself with the slave traders and oppressors of yesterday.
posted by Father Joe Jenkins at 10:00 AM
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