Georgetown gets it right on invitation to Kathleen Sebelius - The Washington Post

THE ARCHBISHOP of Washington finds it “shocking” that Georgetown University President John J. DeGioia would defend the university’s decision to have Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius participate in a commencement event in the aftermath of the furor over the Obama administration’s rule on contraceptive coverage.
What we find shocking is Cardinal Donald Wuerl’s failure to credit the proper role of a university and the importance of vigorous, open debate, even — or perhaps especially — involving matters of intense controversy and religious disagreement. Mr. DeGioia was right to stand up for the selection of Ms. Sebelius to speak at a Public Policy Institute awards ceremony during commencement weekend and to cite the university’s role in promoting this sort of exchange of ideas. The cardinal’s public slap-down of what he termed Georgetown’s “unfortunate decision” fails to recognize that critical academic function.

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