Saint John’s University Hosts Actress with Links to Planned Parenthood
Saint John’s University in New York hosted actress Rosario Dawson — an advocate of same-sex “marriage” – for a voter registration drive as part of her efforts with a pro-abortion rights group she co-founded, called “Voto Latino.”
The university promoted Dawson’s campus visit with a press release nothing that the actress came to the Catholic campus as a co-founder of the group “Voto Latino.” But the group itself clearly promotes views antithetical to Church teaching.
The group’s website hosts pro-abortion rights statements like this one:
It’s impolite and unreasonable women who have been behind every Women’s Movement victory, from the right to vote to the right to choose. We are living in urgent times. If we are going to fight back against the assault on women we must be impolite. In fact, we must be downright vulgar and unreasonable in defense of our bodies, our health and our choices.
And this:
Roe v. Wade is the law of the land. There will be no negotiation. Period.
And this statement on the website is clearly antithetical to religious freedom:
You knew when states like Idaho, Texas, and Virginia, decide to do their part to continue the War on Women, the most hateful state in the union, Arizona, isn’t far behind. I’m throwing a flying chancla at State Rep. Debbie Lesko and to the Arizona legislators who pass legislation to “protect” religious freedom at the expense of women’s privacy rights. Rep. Lesko is the lead sponsor of HB 2625, which would let any employer deny health insurance coverage for birth control if the employer has a religious objection to the use of birth control.
Disturbingly, Dawson herself is a public supporter of a pro-gay “marriage” group “Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays.”
She also starred in a short film not only urging condom use but teaching young people how to use condoms that was made by Real Life. Real Talk., a group initiated by Planned Parenthood Federation of America and funded by the Ford Foundation, which worked together to “reframe sexuality as a component of healthy relationships.”
St. John’s University did not respond to questions at the time of publication.
Rosario Dawson betrays her name. How can she have a name which means “rosary” and then make statements so offensive to our Blessed Mother?
In the Didache or Teaching of the The Twelve Apostles [ca. A.D. 140] (using Jurgens 1970 translation) it reads:
“…You shall not murder. You shall not commit adultery. You shall not seduce boys. You shall not commit fornication. You shall not procure abortion, nor destroy a new-born child. You shall not covet your neighbor’s goods. You shall not perjure yourself. You shall not bear false witness. You shall not speak evil. You shall not bear malice…”
For those unfamiliar with the Didache, you may wish to recall or learn that the NT canon was not consolidated until the 4th century. The Didache was a document used in the instruction of catechumens. A piece of a Jewish document, possibly of Essene origin, which was once used in the instruction of gentile proselytes to Judaism is incorporated into the Christian Didache. The portion of the Didache quoted above reflects our Judeo-Christian heritage. JPII mentioned the Didache in his writing Evangelium Vitae (EV) – The Gospel of Life.
Interesting that at Mass the first readings for the last couple of days have been from the book of Ecclesiastes (vanity of vanities, etc.). I wish to be skeptical about this life which is so full of emptiness and futility and where all movement in human activity and in nature which looks like change and progress are, in the end, illusions and a chasing after the wind. Help us dear Lord God, our Heavenly Father, to discover the eternal love of Jesus in unity with he counsel of the Holy Spirit which you have placed in our hearts and minds along with the endless abyss of your mercy and loving kindness.