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Obama addresses abortion controversy at Notre Dame
Associated Press - 5/18/2009 7:20:00 AM
SOUTH BEND, IN - President Barack Obama is expressing some willingness to offer conscience exemptions to healthcare providers who believe abortion is wrong.

In a commencement speech at the University of Notre Dame yesterday, Obama said, "Let's honor the conscience of those who disagree with abortion, and draft a sensible conscience clause." He offered no details on how broad that might be. The president said he and other people of faith can never know for sure what God wants, and that element of doubt should make them "wary of too much self-righteousness."

The Catholic university's president, John Jenkins, emphasized in his introduction that Notre Dame opposes Obama's "policies on abortion and embryonic stem cell research." Dozens of U.S. bishops said that should have prevented Notre Dame from inviting Obama to speak and presenting him with an honorary degree. (More details)

Meanwhile, nearly 40 people were arrested amid protests over Obama's address at Notre Dame on Sunday. Hundreds converged on the Indiana school's front gates to protest the president's support for abortion rights and embryonic stem-cell research. During the ceremony itself, at least three protesters interrupted as Obama began his address, one yelling, "Stop killing our children." The graduates responded by chanting "Yes we can" -- the slogan that became synonymous with Obama's presidential campaign.

Eric Scheidler, a spokesman for the Pro-Life Action League, was among the pro-life protesters in South Bend. "I think all Americans can be proud of how well our First Amendment is being expressed and respected here at the University of Notre Dame today," he shared. He described the school's honoring of the president as a "scandal."

Among those arrested outside was Norma McCorvey, the plaintiff identified as "Roe" in the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion. She's now a Christian who opposes abortion.

Bishop John D'Arcy, whose diocese includes Notre Dame, joined a peaceful prayer protest by students, calling them "heroes."

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obama is a liar, because God is VERY clear in what He wants, He created and gave life,
how hard is that for obama to understand
obama is calling God a liar .... again, making such a lying statement as that
is implying God is the author of confusion, and He is NOT
The prob is obama is NOT a Christian therefore he can not know what God wants
but obama will lead many astay making foolish statements like that.

people have this ideal that the President knows all, well they don't when it
comes to God, one can only know what God expects of us if they are a Christian,
obama is not a Christian, he is the one with confusion, a blind man that will lead blind
into a ditch...

elect777 wrote:obama is a liar, because God is VERY clear in what He wants, He created and gave life,
how hard is that for obama to understand
obama is calling God a liar .... again, making such a lying statement as that
is implying God is the author of confusion, and He is NOT
The prob is obama is NOT a Christian therefore he can not know what God wants
but obama will lead many astay making foolish statements like that.

people have this ideal that the President knows all, well they don't when it
comes to God, one can only know what God expects of us if they are a Christian,
obama is not a Christian, he is the one with confusion, a blind man that will lead blind
into a ditch...

Janet, I could not have said it any better! Just my Thoughts!

That simply proves that he is double minded and lost and never reads the bible. If he had ever really read the bible he would know that God does not want the murder of innocent babies and that abortion is murder and that Homosexual relations is an abomination of the Lord. It does not take a rocket science to figure these things out about God!