Georgetown lecturer criticizes Catholicism
Georgetown University recently hosted feminist writer and activist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie to discuss the compatibility of religion and feminism.
As part of the Faith and Culture Lecture Series at the Jesuit university, Adichie maligned Catholicism as well as other religions. “Not just Catholicism, but the religions I am mostly familiar with, in the mainstream way they are practiced are not the most women-friendly institutions,” she said. “Feminism is just that simple idea that women are fully equal and there’s a sense in which religion has been used to justify oppressions based upon the idea that women are not fully equal human beings.”
Adichie, who said she was raised Catholic, told the audience, “I am very uncomfortable saying that I am Catholic. It’s almost a political identity to be Catholic, in America. It’s an identity that says you’re pro-life, conservative. In some ways I feel as though they often go together.”
Yes, we’re quite happy that Catholicism and believing that all human life is sacred go nicely together.
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Georgetown, Loyola Marymount lift restrictions on single-sex restrooms
Following an initiative from several student groups pressing “gender ideology,” Georgetown University is opening several single-stall restrooms throughout the campus to both sexes, according to the student newspaper.
“This is the dream: By the end of the semester, every restroom that can be all-gender will be,” said one student, who is a member of GUPride. “It’s really given agency for the school to take steps to make our trans students feel like they have a home.”
Also, in response to protests on campus, Loyola Marymount University President Timothy Law Snyder ordered that eight individual-use bathrooms throughout the Jesuit campus be open to both genders.
“Rather than following the lead of Pope Francis and urging students to ‘accept the body God gave them,’ President Snyder has decided to institutionally support what the Pontiff calls ‘gender ideology,” reports RenewLMU, a group committed to enhancing the university’s Catholic identity. “For now, however, it remains the case that ‘The University is institutionally committed to Roman Catholicism’ when it comes to appealing to parents of prospective students, asking alumni for donations, and promoting LMU in PR campaigns.”
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