U. Nebraska President Apologizes for Drag Show That Mocked Catholic Mass
“A failure of communication and judgment tripped us up”
Have you noticed that Islam never get this kind of treatment?
The College Fix reports:
University of Nebraska president apologizes for drag show ‘Mass’
University of Nebraska President Jeffrey Gold apologized for a drag show “Mass” and provided further updates on the school’s promised investigation into the controversy.
Gold made the comments during a recent meeting with Bishop James Conley, the leader of the Catholic Diocese of Lincoln.
The meeting followed a promise last year that school officials would look into the performance and convene a committee to address future controversies. The College Fix has extensively covered the situation, including the lack of transparency surrounding who exactly sits on the committee and how to get in touch.
“President Gold said the university system is taking an overall approach to addressing ethical concerns on campus,” Bp. Conley wrote in an update posted on Friday. “He told me incidents like the mock ‘Mass’ dissertation project don’t make the university better and don’t make society better.”
Conley also reported on the meeting:
“A failure of communication and judgment tripped us up,” President Gold told me. He said there was a problem with the academic advisor and the dissertation committee. He said the advising faculty and the student did not understand the impact or potential impact and the advisor should have notified campus leadership. “In this case, the student may have met the qualifications for a degree but neglected the implications.
A regent backed up the criticism of the drag show, questioning why someone had to mock Catholicism.
“Why mock another’s religion, race, political beliefs?” Regent Timothy Clare said. “Blowing out your candle doesn’t make mine burn brighter.”
The university system president also backed up a point made by this author – namely, that the thesis never should have taken place in the first place.
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‘It’s always easier to beg forgiveness than to ask permission.’ You will forgive me if I give this “apology” all the credibility it deserves…
“A failure of communication”
Dude, it was literally named “Mass.” How’d that make it past you?
Did you think he was doing Isaac Newton’s Flying Circus?
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