Catholic League Asks - Why Does Obama Like Kevin Jennings?
Catholic League president Bill Donohue on the selection of Kevin Jennings as Director of the Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools:
On September 23, I wrote a news release on the curious moral credentials of Kevin Jennings to be President Obama’s Safe Schools Czar: a former drug user and irresponsible teen counselor, he is also a Christian basher. What was not known at the time is that he is also a proud member of ACT UP, the homosexual urban terrorist group that broke into St. Patrick’s Cathedral in 1989 and disrupted Mass; the Eucharist was desecrated and obscene depictions of Cardinal O’Connor were posted.
Now a group called MassResistance, and the website WorldNetDaily, have exposed Jennings as a member of ACT UP. And he is no mere member: Jennings is listed as a donor to a sick display, “ACT UP New York: Activism, Art, and the AIDS Crisis, 1987-1993,” currently featured at the Harvard Art Museum. Harvard, of course, would never feature a display of Klan paraphernalia and say it was being done for the purpose of “dialogue.”
The real story here is not the corruption of Harvard—that’s old hat—the real story is the president of the United States choosing a morally challenged anti-Catholic homosexual to join his team. That Jennings belongs to, and sponsors, an urban terrorist organization, should alone disqualify him from public service at a municipal level. And remember, Obama did not choose him to monitor global cooling—he was chosen to instruct youth on moral matters.
Catholics deserve to know why Obama likes Jennings.
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I live in NC where Kevin grew up, and I know Kevin personally. He is a wonderful human being who has made it his life's work to keep students - gay or straight - from facing dangerous and potentially deadly bullying in our schools .
As a pastor, I have heard the stories of young people who have been harassed in our schools and to submit that Kevin is somehow harmful to students is absurd.
Further, many of the supposed "problems" about Kevin stem from the fact that decades ago, discrimination against LGBT persons was even greater. AIDS was being ignored by the government because it was only "queers" who were dying. Kids/young adults who were outed in their schools were subject to being thrown out of their homes by parents who did not understand them, sadly something that still goes on in some homes today. Gay students sometimes only had one trusted teacher with whom they could be open, and they trusted that teacher to not "out" them. I should know - I was aware of my orientation by the time I was 9 or 10, but because of my church 's teachings I knew I could not tell anyone. It would have been so wonderful to have had a teacher I could have trusted to help me navigate the discriminatory waters of our culture, particularly 20 years ago.
Shame on those of you who are trying to smear a good man's reputation.
Unbelievable.... He is the most unfit person to be setting a moral and ethical example, as well as being a flawed role model for our kids . The more I witness who President Obama is appointing to his cabinet and leadership positions, the more nervous I get about the future of our schools , and the future of our kids. Especially the government administration they are growing up around. President Obama may have been a law abiding and upstanding citizen before office, but the company he keeps sure gives me second thought. Specifically regarding his focus on the important matters of our schools, and a democracy our founding fathers wished for our country.