Can I Minor in Prostitution, Daddy?

Why do I bet that the new minor in Queer Studies offered at DePaul University, a Catholic university in the Midwest, won't give the mean old Church's teaching on the subject a fair shake? A news item on LifeSiteNews, a conservative site, reports:

"De Paul University, one of the most important Catholic colleges in the US, has instituted a minor undergraduate programme in 'lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered and queer (LGBTQ) studies.' The new minor programme offers students an overview of the 'history of the queer movement' in legislation as well as the place of homosexuality in the US as a social movement.

"The university’s dean of the Liberal Arts and Sciences did not return LifeSiteNews.com’s request for comment, but the programme was featured in a news spot earlier this week on National Public Radio. The website Queertheory.com that lists college resources for homosexual studies, notes also that 'DePaul also has a large lesbian/gay faculty and staff caucus.' ”

NPR comments that DePaul "could face the wrath of the Vatican" for Queer Studies. How about ridicule? Isn't that more fun (and more effective)?

Of course, the Vatican does have an obligation to make sure that Catholic institutions are Catholic. And parents might want to avoid footing tuition bills for DePaul, unless, of course, they think that their offspring will have a bright future after majoring in QS. But the rest of us should just laugh our heads off at this absurdity.