Comments for Declining to Attend at http://www.thecatholicthing.org , comment 1 to 7 out of 7 comments http://www.thecatholicthing.org Mon, 20 May 2013 05:34:46 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/declining-to-attend.html#comment-1261 And the same thing should happen at ND when Obama steps up to receive his degree..Everyone should "Just get up and go home"...PERIOD... - Michael Sun, 29 Mar 2009 13:22:11 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/declining-to-attend.html#comment-1245 Great article. As far as the visit of President Obama to Notre Dame - I see this as the same situation. If I were a member of the ND faculty I would echo the remarks of Charles: "I decline to attend". - David W. Rusch Sat, 28 Mar 2009 08:41:10 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/declining-to-attend.html#comment-1140 I have to wonder what was Fr. Schall's motive in writing this column. Was it to suggest that only Charles Krauthammer has the moral insight required to do what he did? Was it to suggest that Catholics need take their moral cues from unrepentant Jews? I ask this in all seriousness, because K's action was simply the action that any morally serious person would take, and that any person worthy of the name "Catholic" should think to do reflexively. What this suggests about "Catholics" is revealing. - James the Least Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:36:46 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/declining-to-attend.html#comment-1086 Here are two great men--well, three if you count Socrates. Fr. Schall on Dr. Krauthammer is a superb pairing. And it occurs to me how poignant it is--and what a testimony to his dignified restraint--that Charles Krauthammer's witness (if I may use that term to refer to a Jewish writer's work) is more powerful when you consider that, given the paralysis he suffers, he is among those who (it is asserted) may most directly benefit from the hoped-for results of stem-cell research. - Brad Miner Wed, 25 Mar 2009 17:02:33 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/declining-to-attend.html#comment-1081 The moral and ethical issues are so clear in absolute terms, yet so many fail to see dichotomy. I was not aware of Mr. Krauthammer's medical training, but it doesn't surprise. I come to appreciate his clarity of vision more each time he speaks. - Burns Moore Wed, 25 Mar 2009 16:46:43 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/declining-to-attend.html#comment-1076 Good for you Mr. Krauthammer and also you, Fr. Schall, for recognizing the importance of Mr. Krauthammer's decision. -R.C. Pouliotte - R. C. Pouliotte Wed, 25 Mar 2009 12:56:02 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/declining-to-attend.html#comment-1055 There is something palpably disgusting about human cloning and human embryo dissection. What is more annoying is that there have been no cures from embryonic cells.  The cures have come from adult stem cells and pluripotent cells--a moral technigue. I am sure Krauthammer knows this. Embryonic stem research is becoming a mute subject. It doesn't work. CK was right to excuse himself from this White House charade. It was also hopeful to see the bishop decline the clever politic at ND. It's money!! - William Dennis Wed, 25 Mar 2009 07:29:01 +0100