Fanning the flames: Biondi Urged to Speak Out

As reported in the Post Dispatch:

...the Rev. Lawrence Biondi, SLU's president, has remained relatively silent on the issue [regarding SLU basketball coach and alleged Catholic, Rick Majerus and his publicly espoused support of abortion (a woman's 'right' to choose to murder her unborn child) and embryonic stem cell research]. He has not responded to numerous requests from the Post-Dispatch for interviews sent via e-mails, to phone calls and to visits to his office.

Some faculty members wish Biondi or other campus leaders would speak out forcefully on the issue to make clear that the university respects academic freedom and that other employees should not be fearful about speaking their minds.

Once again we witness an attempt to circumvent the real issue which is not about academic freedom or one's freedom to speak his mind. This is an issue of grave public scandal, fomented by Majerus (with the help of the Post-Dispatch), who by first claiming to be Catholic, spouts off about his support for a woman's "right to choose" [abortion, the direct and wilful murder of an innocent and defenseless unborn child] and his support for embryonic stem cell research - again the murder of an innocent human being.

Fools who wish to tread these waters cannot claim that their 'rights' to free speech and opinions are violated when the lawful ecclesiastical authority rebukes them and calls them to recant public statements supporting such immoral and evil acts.

But many faculty and student leaders say they are comfortable with the university's statement through spokesman Jeff Fowler, which said that Majerus was expressing his own opinions and not speaking on behalf of the university. Fowler has not definitively said whether Majerus will be reprimanded.

Majerus, lacking the wisdom to or restraint to keep his mouth shut, expressed his flawed and pro-death opinions after having been picked out of the crowd by a TV reporter who recognized him as the SLU basketball coach...While he may not have been speaking for SLU,he represents SLU anytime he is in public.

The flare-up began over the weekend when Majerus told a reporter at a Hillary Clinton rally that he is "pro-choice" and supports embryonic stem cell research.

Burke responded by saying he would deny Majerus Holy Communion and that SLU should discipline him. Majerus, unapologetic, told the Post-Dispatch that he does not regret his comments and does not expect to be punished by SLU.

He doesn't regret his comments? It should come as no surprise considering his background. This is the attitude that the sin of pride breeds in man. The man consumed by his own pride and arrogance regrets nothing. His eyes are blinded and his heart is hardened.

Majerus has ventured into dangerous territory. His refusal to publicly retract his 'opinions' and repent of the grave scandal he has caused, and continues to cause, deserves to be addressed by the Archbishop of St Louis. Majerus shows no signs of regret, but like all others who obstinately persist in grave manifest public sin, he seems to be inviting the Archbishop to "do something" about it.

Poor Rick Majerus...As I heard so often, "Sin make one stupid"! I wonder if Majerus will have any regrets after the imposition of medicinal penalties?