{"id":3282,"date":"2008-01-24T10:18:00","date_gmt":"2008-01-24T10:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2008\/01\/st-louis-coach-my-value-judgment-happens-to-differ-from-the-archbishops.html"},"modified":"2008-01-24T10:18:00","modified_gmt":"2008-01-24T10:18:00","slug":"st-louis-coach-my-value-judgment-happens-to-differ-from-the-archbishops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2008\/01\/st-louis-coach-my-value-judgment-happens-to-differ-from-the-archbishops.html","title":{"rendered":"St. Louis coach: “My value judgment happens to differ from the archbishop’s”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well, here’s the latest on the controversy swirling around the St. Louis University basketball coach<\/a> who is pro-Hillary, pro-abortion, and pro-embryonic stem cell research, from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch<\/a>: <\/p>\n

Surprised by the reaction to his pro-choice, pro-embryonic stem cell research comments made Saturday night at a Hillary Clinton political rally, St. Louis University basketball coach Rick Majerus spent part of Wednesday morning on the phone, trying to calm his elderly mother. <\/p>\n

“She was upset, thinking I was going to be excommunicated from the Catholic Church, and that I would be denied Communion during Mass,” Majerus said Wednesday night, in his first public comments over a controversy that included a strong rebuke from St. Louis Archbishop Raymond Burke. “But she told me to keep doing what I thought was right, just as my parents taught me.”<\/p>\n

This week, Burke said St. Louis University should discipline Majerus for comments he made at the rally. Burke also said he’d deny Majerus holy Communion if the coach did not change his positions on abortion rights and embryonic stem cell research. But if Burke is expecting an apology or silence from Majerus, it won’t happen. If Burke hopes Majerus will fall in line with the Roman Catholic church’s official positions on these two issues, it won’t happen. <\/p>\n

During an exclusive 90-minute conversation Wednesday, Majerus was civil and respectful in his comments made about Burke. But make no mistake: Majerus is unyielding, and defiant. <\/p>\n

“I’m very respectful to the archbishop,” Majerus said. “But I rely on my value judgments, thanks to my education at Marquette, which is a Jesuit institution, just like St. Louis. And that Jesuit education led me to believe that I can make a value judgment. And my value judgment happens to differ from the archbishop’s. <\/p>\n

“I do not speak for the university or the Catholic Church. These are my personal views. And I’m not letting him change my mind. I think religion should be inclusive. I would hope that all people would feel welcome inside a church, and that the church would serve to bring people together, even if they happen to disagree on certain things.” <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Meanwhile, a trustee at the university has weighed in<\/a>, too. <\/p>\n

This ain’t over. Not by a long shot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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