Merrimack College and Governor Patrick

Why would Merrimack College, a Catholic College in the Archdiocese of Boston, host Deval Patrick, the then governor-elect of Massachusetts? Why not, you ask? For one thing, Patrick ran on a platform that includes support for "Gay Marriage", embryonic stem cell research at taxpayers' expense, abortion rights, and every other anti-Catholic initiative you could think of. He has also said he will not accept federal funding for abstinence education in Massachusetts. That's right. He won't support abstinence education in Massachusetts schools, even as a supplement to the evil anything-goes sex education programs sponsored through planned Parenthood, even though the funding is free.

So again, the question remains, what is a Catholic College doing hosting this man? The only answer is the obvious. They are more than happy to mingle with secular power and scandalize a Church they only faintly remain tied to. One of this blogger's sons took a tour there when choosing a college. Not once did they mention they were Catholic and they left the chapel off the tour.

If Cardinal O'Malley had any honest courage, he'd declare Merrimack and its evil twin Stonehill no longer Catholic.