DePaul U. Blasted for Scheduling Pro-Homosexual Conference
Gathering to Focus on Homosexual-Affirming Teaching, Curriculum
By Jim Brown
November 14, 2006

(AgapePress) - The nation's largest Catholic university is under fire over its plan to host a conference aimed at expanding homosexuality-affirming teaching and curriculum on Catholic university campuses.

Next October DePaul University in Chicago will be hosting a two-day conference for professors and staff who are involved with "lesbian, bisexual, transgender, or queer" issues on Catholic campuses. The first "Out There" conference was held at Santa Clara University in 2005 and reportedly attracted 150 participants from more than 40 colleges and universities.

Patrick Reilly, president of the Cardinal Newman Society (CNS), a Catholic renewal group, says he is very troubled by the event and its location.

"The approach that these people are taking is to accept -- and in some cases even endorse -- the homosexual lifestyle and build an academic curriculum around the homosexual culture as if it's a distinctive and worthy culture to be studied," notes Reilly. "And that's obviously a serious concern for Catholics." the rest