Recently, the University of San Diego, a Catholic institution of higher
education, extended a teaching position to a radical, anti-Catholic theologian.
Dr. Rosemary Radford Ruether, who refers to God as the feminine "Gaia," was to
become the Portman Chair for Roman Catholic Theology. Fortunately, the
University rescinded their decision because of Dr. Ruether's radical
teaching.
Word of the University's decision triggered a petition by several
anti-Catholic organizations. They collected over 2,000 signatures demanding
that the University of San Diego appoint Dr. Ruether to teach her anti-Catholic
ideas. Over 60 members of the
USD faculty, including nine members of the Theology Department, signed the
pro-Ruether petition.
I am writing to ask you to stand with me in support of the University of San
Diego's decision to keep Dr. Ruether out of Catholic education. It was the
right decision, and shows the kind of academic leadership Pope Benedict asked
Catholic educators to demonstrate when he visited the United States earlier this
year.
Right now, Catholics from across the world are signing a petition to support
the University of San Diego. We want to collect 4,000 signatures by the first
day of class at USD—September 3, 2008. Will you help by signing the petition
today?
Click on this
link to sign the petition. Signing it is easy and fast.
Thank you for standing up for and being heard.
