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Gay students organize campaign to kick out Catholic priest for saying homosexuality, abortion sinful

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WASHINGTON, D.C. , April 5, 2013 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) – Catholic students at George Washington University are  rallying to the support  of their beloved priest after two gay seniors launched a campaign to kick him out of his post at the university’s Newman Center for preaching that homosexuality and abortion are sinful. The  GW Hatchet , a campus newspaper,  reported this week  that seniors Damian Legacy and Blake Bergen are spearheading the campaign. The story has since been picked up by numerous other news outlets. Fr. Greg Shaffer The students say that they will file a formal complaint with the university, release a video featuring ten other students who share their opinion, and hold prayer vigils until the priest is removed from his post. They are also demanding that the university’s Student Association defund the Newman Center, which receives $10,000 a year. In their letter of complaint the pair will reportedly cite studies showing how bein...