<div dir="ltr" style=""><div>I am not a Catholic, but to my mind this is a clear violation of the First Amendment.</div><div>Roger<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div style="padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 5px; border-left-color: rgb(119, 119, 119); border-left-width: 3px; border-left-style: solid;">-----Original Message-----<br />Subject: [Vision2020] Huh?<br />From: "Tom Hansen" <thansen@moscow.com><br />To: "Moscow Vision 2020" <vision2020@moscow.com><br />Date: 04/11/13 22:46:28<br /><br />
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<div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Good for Gonzaga!</div>
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<div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Courtesy of the Daily Caller at:</div>
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<div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-weight: bold; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Catholic Gonzaga University won't allow Catholic students to form Catholic group</span></div>
<div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma; font-size: 12px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);"><br /></span></div>
<div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma; font-size: 12px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);">Roman Catholic, Jesuit-affiliated Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington has refused to recognize the Knights of Columbus as an official student group because - wait for it - the Knights of Columbus is a Catholic organization.</span></div>
<div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma; font-size: 12px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);"><br /></span></div>
<div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma; font-size: 12px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);">Gonzaga administrators notified the students who had sought the school's official seal of approval last month, reports </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma; font-size: 12px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);">The Cardinal Newman Society's Catholic Education Daily.</span> </div>
<div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma; font-size: 12px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);"><br /></span></div>
<div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma; font-size: 12px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);">"The Knights of Columbus, by their very nature, is a men's organization in which only Catholics may participate via membership," reads a letter written by Sue Weitz, vice president for student life. "These criteria are inconsistent with the policy and practice of student organization recognition at Gonzaga University."</span></div>
<div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma; font-size: 12px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);"><br /></span></div>
<div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma; font-size: 12px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);">Right here seems like a sufficiently good place to observe that Gonzaga is under the umbrella of the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits) - a men's organization in which only Catholic men may participate via membership.</span></div>
<div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma; font-size: 12px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);"><br /></span></div>
<div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma; font-size: 12px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);">Anyway, Weitz's letter went on to explain that she feels "strongly" about Gonzaga's "commitment to non-discrimination and inclusivity" and is troubled by the fact that "all members of a student Knights of Columbus group must be Catholic."</span></div>
<div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma; font-size: 12px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);"><br /></span></div>
<div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma; font-size: 12px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);">"If Gonzaga was an institution that served only Catholics and limited the benefits of the collegiate experience only to them, the decision-making process may have been different," she also opined. "To embrace the diversity and yet endorse a group based on faith exclusivity is a challenge that cannot be reconciled at this time."</span></div>
<div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma; font-size: 12px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);"><br /></span></div>
<div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma; font-size: 12px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);">Weitz did not respond to queries from Catholic Education Daily.</span></div>
<div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma; font-size: 12px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);"><br /></span></div>
<div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma; font-size: 12px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);">The Knights of Columbus, founded in 1882 by a Connecticut priest, is the world's largest Catholic fraternal service organization.</span></div>
<div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma; font-size: 12px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);"><br /></span></div>
<div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma; font-size: 12px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);">A student-organized Knights of Columbus branch was successfully established at Gonzaga in 1999. At some unspecified point thereafter, though, the group's officially-sanctioned status lapsed.</span></div>
<div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma; font-size: 12px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);"><br /></span></div>
<div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma; font-size: 12px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);">There also appears to be a building on Gonzaga's campus named after the Knights of Columbus. According to</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma; font-size: 12px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma; font-size: 12px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);">the GU Bulldog Blog, the bland, brick edifice houses a members-only bar called the Christopher Columbus Club. Members must pay a $20 fee, get referred by another member and be at least 21 years old. (There's also free food involved, and a t-shirt.)</span> </div>
<div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma; font-size: 12px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);"><br /></span></div>
<div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma; font-size: 12px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);">The students seeking to resurrect the Knights of Columbus at Gonzaga spoke - anonymously - to The Catholic Daily. They said they are now weighing other options. One alternative is to form a group that is wholly separate from the school. Another possibility might be to establish a Knights of Columbus student group as part of the campus ministry.</span></div>
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<div>Tom Hansen</div>
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<div>"<span style="font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);">There's room at the top they are telling you still</span><span style="font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);"> </span> </div>
<span style="font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);">But first you must learn how to smile as you kill </span><br style="font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);"><span style="font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);">If you want to be like the folks on the hill."</span> </div>
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