Notre Dame student newspaper rejects column by Professor Charles Rice

Notre Dame's student newspaper recently rejected a column submitted by ND law professor emeritus Charles Rice. The topic: the Church's teaching on homosexuality.

Rice has been writing a regular column (every other week) for the Observer since 1992 and is the author of the 2009 book, "What Happened to Notre Dame?"

See the following links for details:

1. The email exchange between Rice and the editor of the Observer can be found here.

2. The rejected column can be found here.

3. William Dempsey's op-ed on the subject in the Washington Times (Mr. Dempsey is President of the Sycamore Trust) can be found here.

4. The Sycamore Trust looks at the history of tensions over the issue of homosexuality at Notre Dame - here.