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]]> Sat, 24 May 2014 12:53:34 UTC 17360458 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13460329?utm_medium=rss My daughter is a high school senior and looking for a Catholic college. I don't want her attending a College that supports immoral anti-Catholic positions on abortion and homosexuality.

]]> Wed, 1 Aug 2012 03:53:03 UTC 13460329 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13101406?utm_medium=rss Fri, 15 Jun 2012 12:14:44 UTC 13101406 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13000089?utm_medium=rss Tue, 5 Jun 2012 02:53:57 UTC 13000089 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12961684?utm_medium=rss Thu, 31 May 2012 09:33:31 UTC 12961684 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12751228?utm_medium=rss Sat, 12 May 2012 12:49:20 UTC 12751228 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12744383?utm_medium=rss Fri, 11 May 2012 01:27:02 UTC 12744383 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12714952?utm_medium=rss Tue, 8 May 2012 10:54:10 UTC 12714952 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12714476?utm_medium=rss Tue, 8 May 2012 09:29:33 UTC 12714476 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12714304?utm_medium=rss Tue, 8 May 2012 09:04:03 UTC 12714304 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12710389?utm_medium=rss Tue, 8 May 2012 01:17:33 UTC 12710389 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12710026?utm_medium=rss Tue, 8 May 2012 12:31:03 UTC 12710026 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12704956?utm_medium=rss I believe Gonzaga University should uphold catholic morals and practice what the university stands is supposed to represent.

]]> Tue, 8 May 2012 12:02:46 UTC 12704956 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12704945?utm_medium=rss Tue, 8 May 2012 12:01:30 UTC 12704945 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12704905?utm_medium=rss Mon, 7 May 2012 11:54:47 UTC 12704905 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12704760?utm_medium=rss I follow the ten commandments. Do you?

]]> Mon, 7 May 2012 11:31:50 UTC 12704760 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12704723?utm_medium=rss HOW DISAPPOINTING &OUTRAGEOUS

]]> Mon, 7 May 2012 11:27:29 UTC 12704723 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12704695?utm_medium=rss Mon, 7 May 2012 11:24:27 UTC 12704695 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12704589?utm_medium=rss Mon, 7 May 2012 11:07:15 UTC 12704589 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12703982?utm_medium=rss Mon, 7 May 2012 09:52:32 UTC 12703982 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12703945?utm_medium=rss Mon, 7 May 2012 09:50:13 UTC 12703945 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12703660?utm_medium=rss Mon, 7 May 2012 09:15:05 UTC 12703660 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12703548?utm_medium=rss Mon, 7 May 2012 08:58:00 UTC 12703548 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12701862?utm_medium=rss I am writing a separate letter to the president, voicing my utter disappointment. It would be too long to include here.

]]> Mon, 7 May 2012 03:50:28 UTC 12701862 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12700273?utm_medium=rss Mon, 7 May 2012 10:40:34 UTC 12700273 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12698299?utm_medium=rss Mon, 7 May 2012 03:05:49 UTC 12698299 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12689384?utm_medium=rss Sat, 5 May 2012 02:22:18 UTC 12689384 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12684748?utm_medium=rss Fri, 4 May 2012 08:57:03 UTC 12684748 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12683533?utm_medium=rss Fri, 4 May 2012 04:24:32 UTC 12683533 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12680277?utm_medium=rss Please prayerfully reconsider your decision. Stand up for what is right.

]]> Fri, 4 May 2012 08:55:57 UTC 12680277 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12676210?utm_medium=rss "..do not be fashioned according to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of the mind that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect." Romans 12:2

]]> Thu, 3 May 2012 04:55:53 UTC 12676210 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12675754?utm_medium=rss Thu, 3 May 2012 03:45:51 UTC 12675754 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12675664?utm_medium=rss I am saddened by the University's decision to invite Archbishop Tutu to be this year's Commencement speaker and to honor him with an honorary degree. Life, marriage, and our religious freedom are currently under attack and the University, rather than defending these ideals, chooses to make a decision that is in direct opposition to the basis of our Catholic faith. Today, I am ashamed to call myself a Gonzagan.

]]> Thu, 3 May 2012 03:33:37 UTC 12675664 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12675625?utm_medium=rss Thu, 3 May 2012 03:29:10 UTC 12675625 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12675607?utm_medium=rss Thu, 3 May 2012 03:25:03 UTC 12675607 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12675409?utm_medium=rss If you reject God's most fundamental teachings then the organization's foundation is corrupt and it will not stand - that goes for our country as well as Gonzaga.

]]> Thu, 3 May 2012 02:55:41 UTC 12675409 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12675391?utm_medium=rss Thu, 3 May 2012 02:53:24 UTC 12675391 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12675371?utm_medium=rss Thu, 3 May 2012 02:49:27 UTC 12675371 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12674855?utm_medium=rss {The American Life League noted }in The Pro-Life Encyclopedia that Tutu once said, “I am a Socialist. I hate capitalism.” However, in his encyclical Quadragesimo Anno, Pope Pius XI wrote, “no one can be at the same time a good Catholic and a true socialist.” A series of Popes have rejected Marxist economic theories.

]]> Thu, 3 May 2012 01:37:27 UTC 12674855 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12674504?utm_medium=rss I am a faithful Catholic; faithful to the Magisterium of the Catholic Church and to her divinely inspired doctrine; which is clear on issues such as the sanctity of Human life from its beginning, at the moment of conception, to the natural end.

]]> Thu, 3 May 2012 12:45:18 UTC 12674504 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12674424?utm_medium=rss When thinking about sending my four children to state or private universities, this will make a big impact on my decision.

]]> Thu, 3 May 2012 12:35:13 UTC 12674424 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12674101?utm_medium=rss Thu, 3 May 2012 11:50:30 UTC 12674101 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12672645?utm_medium=rss Please invite speakers such as Archbishop Tutu under circumstances that do not involve endorsement of non-Catholic views by our Catholic University.

]]> Thu, 3 May 2012 07:30:53 UTC 12672645 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12669961?utm_medium=rss My son is graduating this May and we are very disturbed that after paying for an expensive "Catholic University" education that the speaker is not Catholic, and holds views contrary to Catholic teaching. Is Gonzaga a Catholic University or is it not? My daughter is a freshman in high school and is very interested in also attending Gonzaga, however for much less money she can attend a secular university and receive an equivalent secular education with a non Catholic graduation speaker.

]]> Wed, 2 May 2012 09:06:55 UTC 12669961 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12669546?utm_medium=rss Wed, 2 May 2012 07:14:19 UTC 12669546 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12669525?utm_medium=rss Wed, 2 May 2012 07:07:31 UTC 12669525 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12669126?utm_medium=rss As Catholic Christians, we are respectful and honor all human beings as children of God, but that does not mean that we invite them into our universities and present them with honorary degrees when they espouse moral positions contrary to our faith. Jesus Christ was clear, but too many in His Church talk out of both sides of their mouth. It takes courage to stand up and defend our faith when popular culture dictates relativism and moral collapse. Where is your courage, Gonzaga?

]]> Wed, 2 May 2012 05:23:18 UTC 12669126 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12669034?utm_medium=rss Wed, 2 May 2012 05:02:19 UTC 12669034 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12666773?utm_medium=rss As a South African, I have a lot of respect for Desmond Tutu, but as as a Catholic, I can not in good faith condone him getting this "award"

]]> Wed, 2 May 2012 09:49:25 UTC 12666773 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12666679?utm_medium=rss We feel Gonzaga has been a Catholic University, teaching Catholic doctrine, however bestowing an honorary degree on Bishop Tutu, who has basic opposing views on life is hypocritical. In our opinion, Bishop Tutu may hold his beliefs and present them to the students at GU for educated comparison at another forum. However to honor one whose beliefs are antithetical to those taught at the UN, changes the basis of the GU. Is Gonzaga changing? As an alum and a donor for 48 years we need to know.

]]> Wed, 2 May 2012 09:33:52 UTC 12666679 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12665637?utm_medium=rss Wed, 2 May 2012 06:08:40 UTC 12665637 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12665125?utm_medium=rss Wed, 2 May 2012 04:00:10 UTC 12665125 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12663853?utm_medium=rss This is very sad and disappointing that such a fine school (Gonzaga) would invite someone such as Archbishop Tutu to speak at any college sponsored event. His beliefs are directly opposed to catholic beliefs and as such should not be "endorsed" by allowing him to proclaim his beliefs against the wishes of the people who support Gonzaga.

]]> Tue, 1 May 2012 10:15:05 UTC 12663853 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12663667?utm_medium=rss I have a savings that will go to Gonzaga when it reclaims its Catholic identity. St. aloysious is no doubt turning in his grave over the rejection of Catholic morals and virtues. God have mercy.

]]> Tue, 1 May 2012 09:36:15 UTC 12663667 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12663270?utm_medium=rss Tue, 1 May 2012 08:12:13 UTC 12663270 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12662976?utm_medium=rss Walk the talk

]]> Tue, 1 May 2012 07:12:41 UTC 12662976 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12661904?utm_medium=rss My daughter has this school on her list and I am definitely looking at other options instead. We will stick to truly Catholic colleges.

]]> Tue, 1 May 2012 03:31:20 UTC 12661904 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12661899?utm_medium=rss He doesn't stand for what the university should stand for. He should not be honored because of this.

]]> Tue, 1 May 2012 03:28:53 UTC 12661899 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12661702?utm_medium=rss I am deeply troubled that Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu will give the 2012 commencement address and be honored with an honorary Doctor of Laws degree. If this occurs on May 13 as has been announced, it will mark a sad day in Gonzaga’s history. I do plan on attending my son's graduation but WILL NOT sit through Tutu's speech.

]]> Tue, 1 May 2012 02:45:54 UTC 12661702 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12661565?utm_medium=rss This should be simple, Gonzaga. You are a Roman Catholic university. Respect unborn life. Defend unborn life. Do not promote those who do not uphold Catholic values, let alone confer awards or degrees upon them. Do not let "prestige" trump moral values. You have an opportunity and an obligation to take a stand and to do the right thing here. At the very least, do not confer a degree on Archbishop Tutu. Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam, Gonzaga. Please put God's glory ahead of your university's.

]]> Tue, 1 May 2012 02:18:12 UTC 12661565 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12661516?utm_medium=rss Scandalous!

]]> Tue, 1 May 2012 02:07:49 UTC 12661516 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12661256?utm_medium=rss What is going on with the 'core values' in your institution. Are you TRYING to create controversy ? Christ did not give a voice to tax collectors and prostitutes...he converted their hearts. Do you not have what it takes to convert TuTu? Or, is it that you are trying to convert our hearts...hmmmmm. Shame on you! I cut-off Notre Dame for showing the same weakness and I hope you don't place me in the same position with you. UNINVITE HIM! Uninviting him would send a much more powerful messa

]]> Tue, 1 May 2012 01:08:35 UTC 12661256 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12661166?utm_medium=rss As a parent of recent graduates I will no longer recommend my children's alumnus to any future students as I have in the past. Your abroad program in Florence is falling apart as well.

]]> Tue, 1 May 2012 12:50:12 UTC 12661166 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12660979?utm_medium=rss This is a great disappointment.

]]> Tue, 1 May 2012 12:03:54 UTC 12660979 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12660898?utm_medium=rss I am no longer proud to be an alum of Gonzaga.

]]> Tue, 1 May 2012 11:43:57 UTC 12660898 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12660894?utm_medium=rss My husband and I are both 2007 GU Alum. We are proud of our college, but having Desmond Tutu as an honored commencement speaker at the 2012 graduation would be such an embarrassment. We have now watched many "Roman Catholic" Universities slip into this trend i.e. Notre Dame, Georgetown, etc. I was confident that Gonzaga would not follow this trend. I am deeply disappointed. Not only will this damage the reputation of my alma mater in my eyes, but in the eyes of all true Roman Catholics.

]]> Tue, 1 May 2012 11:43:10 UTC 12660894 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12660863?utm_medium=rss It's a shame that we live in a world that is witness to continuous compromise of virtue. As a Catholic, I resent moral subjectivity and the failure to recognize its corrosive nature. Choose from the pool of Catholic faithful, rather than the questionable and controversial. Sinking to the level of mediocrity is unfortunately all too common in this world. If Gonzaga follows this path, it will be warmly welcomed by those who believe that faith should take a sideline to the "intellectual elites."

]]> Tue, 1 May 2012 11:37:16 UTC 12660863 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12660593?utm_medium=rss Tue, 1 May 2012 10:39:39 UTC 12660593 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12660339?utm_medium=rss why didnt this bishop from spokane speak out?

]]> Tue, 1 May 2012 09:46:21 UTC 12660339 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12656345?utm_medium=rss It's time for us Catholics to act like Catholics.

]]> Mon, 30 Apr 2012 05:27:46 UTC 12656345 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12654481?utm_medium=rss I am addressing a letter to the President, Trustees, Dean of the Law School and Steve Hertz to more specifically outline my objections to Archbishop Tutu's commencement address and request that the University cancel his speech and take a stand that is consistent with the teachings of our faith.

]]> Mon, 30 Apr 2012 11:17:14 UTC 12654481 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12654146?utm_medium=rss Is this what we call living our faith? No wonder Catholics are confused. Your pro-abort/pro-gay marriage message is very confusing. What do you really believe?

]]> Mon, 30 Apr 2012 09:59:17 UTC 12654146 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12653973?utm_medium=rss Mon, 30 Apr 2012 09:18:48 UTC 12653973 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12651317?utm_medium=rss I am very disappointed in Gonzaga and the administration.

]]> Sun, 29 Apr 2012 09:00:05 UTC 12651317 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12651078?utm_medium=rss Sun, 29 Apr 2012 07:48:25 UTC 12651078 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12649135?utm_medium=rss Do the right thing and obey the USCCB. There are plenty of other leaders who respect life and "real" marriage that would be far better candidates to speak to the graduates! Seek the truth, be not afraid!

]]> Sun, 29 Apr 2012 12:21:03 UTC 12649135 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12643187?utm_medium=rss Sat, 28 Apr 2012 10:33:29 UTC 12643187 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12643162?utm_medium=rss Sat, 28 Apr 2012 10:28:50 UTC 12643162 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12641212?utm_medium=rss I suspect that the Gonzaga leadership has not
conducted the necessary critical thinking of the potential negative consequences of honoring a speaker who takes abortion, homosexual behavior and homosexual behavior lightly. For example, the John Jay report sponsored by the US Bishops found that 80% of the sexual abuse in the US Catholic church was the result of homosexual behavior. This abuse has results in tragic mental suffering of victims, including suicide, and $2bil. to dioceses & people

]]> Fri, 27 Apr 2012 10:59:44 UTC 12641212 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12640194?utm_medium=rss Fri, 27 Apr 2012 05:47:22 UTC 12640194 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12640113?utm_medium=rss Fri, 27 Apr 2012 05:26:53 UTC 12640113 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12640074?utm_medium=rss Fri, 27 Apr 2012 05:18:07 UTC 12640074 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12639184?utm_medium=rss Fri, 27 Apr 2012 02:33:51 UTC 12639184 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12637965?utm_medium=rss Archbishop Tutu has done a great service to our world for his work against apartheid; at the same time, he seriously lacks the fullness of Truth as upheld by our Catholic Faith. This is evidenced by his support for abortion, same-sex "marriage," etc. Therefore, he should NOT be awarded any honors at ANY Catholic institution. Why be Catholic, if in fact, your views and actions PROTEST (or ignore) the teachings of the holy Catholic Church?

]]> Fri, 27 Apr 2012 10:15:04 UTC 12637965 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12634422?utm_medium=rss Thu, 26 Apr 2012 06:47:30 UTC 12634422 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12633103?utm_medium=rss Thu, 26 Apr 2012 02:09:54 UTC 12633103 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12632488?utm_medium=rss Of course the radical decisions you have made in the past have nixed any contribution

]]> Thu, 26 Apr 2012 12:16:15 UTC 12632488 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12631998?utm_medium=rss Thu, 26 Apr 2012 10:54:35 UTC 12631998 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12630742?utm_medium=rss I think it is disgraceful that G.U. would support this speaker/topic. I never imagined that G.U. would support anything/anyone that supports killing of any kind. We are to be loving to everyone, even those who abort their babies but we should not be supportive of that kind of behavior. "Love the sinner but not the sin."

]]> Thu, 26 Apr 2012 07:36:07 UTC 12630742 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12629711?utm_medium=rss Gonzaga is now going the same way as Notre Dame. Social Justice issues should not "trump" respect for Life issues.

]]> Thu, 26 Apr 2012 12:47:32 UTC 12629711 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12621308?utm_medium=rss The Bible is man's greatest means to know God, unveiling God's eternal purpose and plan for man. It is essential that our thoughts, words and actions match this revelation. The 2012 speakers views are outside God's revealed will. God's will for man is to give life to man, not take life. Our first birth sets the stage that God can, by invitation, enter into man by a second birth,(John3:6-8) to live His life again in us for His purpose. Our first birth is for our second birth.What revelation.

]]> Tue, 24 Apr 2012 10:20:00 UTC 12621308 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12616260?utm_medium=rss Tue, 24 Apr 2012 09:48:03 UTC 12616260 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12612614?utm_medium=rss Why honor Mr. tutu? It goes against our basic beliefs.

]]> Mon, 23 Apr 2012 08:26:30 UTC 12612614 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12610184?utm_medium=rss We are fighting to bring pro-life ideas to the forefront so that people realize the sanctity of human beings. Drop him like you would a hot potato!!

]]> Mon, 23 Apr 2012 02:48:47 UTC 12610184 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12606145?utm_medium=rss Mon, 23 Apr 2012 02:37:15 UTC 12606145 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12599047?utm_medium=rss Sat, 21 Apr 2012 09:52:35 UTC 12599047