Editor Resigns over Anti-gay Comic Strip

Remember this pic?

In Notre Dame, this anti-gay cartoon was printed in the student-run newspaper, The Observer.
Many folks were angry and LGBT groups, including GLAAD, were immediately on the scene.

Now, one of the editors has resigned over the mishandling over the comic strip.

The Observer, the campus newspaper of Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s College, today published a letter of resignation and apology from Kara King, an assistant managing editor.

In the letter, King wrote: "A miscommunication between another editor and myself led to the comic running without me first reading and approving the material. Regardless, no excuse can justify the comic even being considered for publication, and the duty to censor it fell to me. I failed to do so, and am solely responsible for providing a forum for this message of hate."

The Observer also reported today that the comic strip, "The Mobile Party," will no longer be published in the paper. The authors of the strip, Notre Dame seniors Colin Hofman, Jay Wade and Lauren Rosemeyer, apologized for the cartoon in a letter published Friday.

I hope the LGBT student orgs are having conversations with them. It's still unacceptable.

Don't Hate, Notre Dame...Appreciate

At Notre Dame, some folks were upset that Obama spoke at their graduation.

Somewhere down the road, they confused his pro-choice stance with "kill the unborn babies". But if they stopped and processed the reality, they would see that Obama supports the choice, the choice a woman makes about her life.

I've always believed abortion was the woman's choice to make. However, everyone has their beliefs regardless of how sane or crazy it is. Maybe after hearing Obama's speech, some folks will be open to what he's saying.

Here's some of what he said today:

"Maybe we won't agree on abortion, but we can still agree that this is a heart-wrenching decision for any woman to make, with both moral and spiritual dimensions.

So let's work together to reduce the number of women seeking abortions by reducing unintended pregnancies, and making adoption more available, and providing care and support for women who do carry their child to term. Let's honor the conscience of those who disagree with abortion, and draft a sensible conscience clause, and make sure that all of our health care policies are grounded in clear ethics and sound science, as well as respect for the equality of women."

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