Faith + Reason = Truth

Notre Dame erred in inviting the President to deliver its Commencement, and he, in turn, erred in accepting the invitation.  At least, insofar as Notre Dame considers itself a Catholic university.  Despite all of the press, it really is that simple, that cut and dried, that black and white.  Obama's abortion motives were equally effectively obfuscated by the media, his supporters, and him during the presidential campaign.  Many supporters, many of them Catholics, were hypnotized by his eloquently delivered plans to actually reduce the amount of abortions and unwanted pregnancies, pragmatist that he is, through his brilliance (exactly how, I never was clear on, but his supporters certainly bought into it!).
Oh, nevermind that he would do his best and move his quickest to remove any and all restrictions on any and all types of abortion and stem cell research; his policies would actually reduce the number of abortions!  You'll see!  And that part about now requiring medical personnel to perform duties that they hold as morally objectionable, namely abortion, among others?  Well, don't worry about that either - because his policies will reduce the number of abortions in this country!  And, by the way, did he forget to mention that not only would he facilitate any and all types of abortion in this country, but in others around the world as well?  Hey, folks, settle down:  it's all in the name of REDUCING the number of abortions performed around the world!
Notre Dame, you aren't the only one to be seduced by his charisma, his charm, his magnetism, his aura of being something that's somehow better than mere humanity.  You are, however, his most disappointing victim to date.  I would hope that you either offer your sincerest and heartfelt apologies and withdraw the invitation, or that you cease being known as a "Catholic university," as nebulous a term as that is, because it means so much to so many Catholics in America and to the Church itself.  Pragmatism has no place in the search for truth.  Truth is never focused on the wants of the many over the needs of the few, it is not exploitative of tens of millions of innocent unborn lives, and it is never, ever impressed by any office or title or man, even if that man is Barack Obama, the President of the United States of America.  Finally, his hard to pin down, can't quite put your finger on it brand of faith is, well, what can I say?  Except for the fact that I somehow doubt its wholehearted quest for the truth.  As for reason, he has plenty of it, but not of the type that one would hope for in a man who has had the hopes, dreams, and longings of not just a race or even a country, but of the entire world placed upon his shoulders.