Notre Dame student paper rejects professor's column on immorality of homosexual acts

March 03, 2010

The Observer, the student newspaper at the University of Notre Dame, has declined to print a column that defends Church teachings on homosexuality activity. The Observer turned down a column by Charles Rice, a longtime Notre Dame law professor who has provided the paper with a regular column since 1992. Editor Matt Gamber explained that the column was too long (although Rice's last three columns, all of which had appeared in print, were longer), and that the subject matter could best by handled by printing opposing views. Responding to the latter point, Rice pointed out that his column had merely restated the teachings of the Church. He added:

In a university that claims to be Catholic, I am not willing to restrict my presentation of Catholic teaching to a format that treats the authoritative teaching of the Church as merely one viewpoint or 'side' among many. If you require that future columns of mine on homosexuality comply with a format such as you propose, it will be inappropriate for me to continue writing the column for the Observer.

The coverage of the story on the Pewsitter site includes the full text of the column that Rice submitted to the Observer.

 

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Further information:

• Notre Dame Campus Newspaper Refuses To Publish Dr. Rice's Biweekly Column (Pewsitter)