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(10/7/09) CUA denied recognition to CUAllies since its goals were contrary to Catholic identity.
The Hoya, a Georgetown University campus newspaper, printed an article on October 6 about an unofficial group at The Catholic University of America (CUA) called CUAllies, which earlier this year was denied official recognition by the university because its goals were contrary to the university’s Catholic identity. The Hoya article is clearly slanted in favor of CUAllies, touting the group’s alleged popularity and success as an unofficial organization, but that may be exaggerated according to on-campus sources to The Cardinal Newman Society. Unlike CUA, which is among several colleges recommended in The Newman Guide to Choosing a Catholic College because of its strong Catholic identity, Georgetown has come under criticism for flagrant abuses of its Catholic identity for several years. Both the controversial student group GUPride and the LGBTQ Resource Center bear official Georgetown University approval. Just last February, Georgetown hosted “Sex Positive Week” which included a talk on Ash Wednesday about “arguably alternative forms of pornography that are not supposed to be exploitative, but rather radical and empowering.” During October 2009, the LGBTQ Resource Center has an entire month of “coming out” events planned on campus. Source: The Hoya