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THE QUESTION
Obama at Notre Dame
What did you think of President Obama's commencement speech at Notre Dame? How will the Notre Dame controversy change the abortion debate in America?
Posted by
David Waters on May 10, 2009 12:38 PM
FROM THE PANEL
Will Obama Seek the Truth?
There are two issues at hand here - one is the significance of President Obama's speech on the campus of Notre Dame; the other, a larger need for a new conversation about truth.
Posted by Matt Maher, on May 20, 2009 1:04 PM
President Obama Deserved Respect, Not Applause
My issue was not with the speech itself, it was the appalling sight of the field house filled with faculty, students, and parents wildly cheering.
Posted by Charles "Chuck" Colson, on May 20, 2009 11:46 AM
The President, a University, and Lessons Lost
I'm glad Notre Dame didn't rescind its invitation to the President, and I'm glad that the university gave the President an honorary degree. I think it showed that the University of Notre Dame lived up to what a university is supposed to be: support different points of view in order to inspire dialogue and therefore inspire growth.
Posted by Susan K. Smith, on May 19, 2009 3:11 PM
Obama Acknowledges Women as Moral Agents
The fact that women are the primary ethical decision-makers in the abortion decision has most often kept religious authorities from making the connection between insights from the history of ethics and the abortion question.
Posted by Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite, on May 19, 2009 8:43 AM
Talking About Talking About Abortion
In the end, the President's comments were entirely about how Americans should discuss or debate abortion. There was no serious consideration of abortion itself. President Obama merely talked about talking about abortion.
Posted by R. Albert Mohler Jr., on May 19, 2009 7:44 AM
Obama's Witness at Notre Dame
Not surprisingly, Obama's speech at Notre Dame was an honest, masterful, Hail Mary by-pass of all the phrases his "pro-life" enemies might use as banners against him
Posted by Willis E. Elliott, on May 18, 2009 9:31 PM
Obama Teaches a Faith Big Enough for Questions
President Obama did something far more important than address the issue of abortion in his remarks at Notre Dame: he transformed a narrow debate driven by fear and anger into a call for thinking bigger about the problems we face, and he invited us all to look more deeply both into ourselves and the traditions we love for better responses to those problems.
Posted by Brad Hirschfield, on May 18, 2009 6:49 PM
Obama Courageously Misses the Point
The President spoke as if the controversy centered on his appearance at Notre Dame and speech when in reality it centered on his being honored despite his views.
Posted by John Mark Reynolds, on May 18, 2009 12:04 PM
A Model of Respectful Discourse
The President's speech at Notre Dame was an example of the kind of respectful discourse we need when grappling with issues over which we disagree.
Posted by Brian D. McLaren, on May 18, 2009 10:03 AM
Obama and Notre Dame: Profiles in Courage
Can you imagine George W. Bush appearing live before any audience that was likely to contain opponents of the war in Iraq?
Posted by Susan Jacoby, on May 16, 2009 11:42 AM
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