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Why Jim Obergefell is welcome at Notre Dame

Letter to the Editor | Thursday, March 28, 2019

It is impossible to adequately express our embarrassment and dismay after reading Deion Kathawa’s letter, “Why is Notre Dame rolling out the red carpet for Jim Obergefell?” As fellow students at Notre Dame Law School (NDLS) and Catholics, we were surprised to see such bombastic vitriol directed at us by our peer, simply because we

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Leaving the United Methodist Church

Letter to the Editor | Thursday, February 28, 2019

I remember the morning I got baptized into the Methodist faith. As a young teenager, I was mortified to be standing in front of the congregation with all eyes on me. I was so nervous standing in front of the congregation and kneeled down at the makeshift altar in the church gymnasium, because the sanctuary

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Gay and Catholic

Letter to the Editor | Tuesday, November 13, 2018

As a gay man, being told by my Catholic faith that I cannot love is a heartbreaking experience. It’s like having legs and being told that I cannot walk. I respect and love my faith — it is the lens through which I view the world — and my first instinct is to adhere to