Standing Firm Round 3
While I object to the title of the article (She’s not an “abortion foe.” What a polarizing and inflammatory title! Can’t she just be a supporter of pro-life?), I’m glad that someone decided to write last week about Mary Ann Glendon.
Glendon is a conservative Harvard law professor who was U.S. ambassador to the Vatican under President Bush. Notre Dame announced that it would be awarding her the Laetare Medal during commencement on May 17.
Since then, Glendon has chosen to decline acceptance of the award. Her reasons are quite simply that President Obama, a staunch supporter of abortion, will be giving the commencement speech. Glendon cites the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishop’s “express request of 2004 that Catholic institutions ‘should not honor those who act in defiance of our fundamental moral principles’ and that such persons ‘should not be given awards, honors or platforms which would suggest support for their actions.’”
I’m greatly encouraged to read that in the past two weeks or so, we’ve had three strong examples of people standing for what they believe in spite of the consequences. Carrie Prejean, Rich Snyder, and Mary Ann Glendon, I salute you and your desire to hold fast to your convictions. 2 Timothy 3:12 promises
In fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.
This may only be the beginning, but let us not forget the admonition of our savior:
Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell.
-Matthew 10:28
I may not agree with everything that Glendon stands for, but I do applaud her for standing in support of her own beliefs regardless of the outcome. May we all be more like her.