Confused Catholic University Notre Dame celebrates immoral LGBT ‘Coming Out Day’: display your sin day
October 18, 2013 ( Public Discourse ) - I was surprised to see the posters. As I walked into my dormitory after a morning class, I saw posters advertising Notre Dame’s participation in National Coming Out Day ( NCOD ). I saw that the university’s Gender Relations Center (GRC) was cosponsoring the event, along with Notre Dame’s newly formed gay-straight alliance, PrismND . National Coming Out Day has been celebrated annually on October 11—the date commemorating the 1987 March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights —since its founding in 1988. According to Maureen Doyle, the GRC’s Assistant Director for LGBTQ Initiatives , Notre Dame has been celebrating this national event since at least 2007. When I asked Doyle about how Notre Dame’s religious commitments comport with its participation in NCOD, she responded: We are called to support our brothers and sisters in Christ , which includes celebrating the multitude of identities that make each of us unique and beautiful indi