Too bad FNC doesn't feel the same. Event Would Violate School Policy, Some Students Contend By Paul Schwartzman Washington Post Staff Writer Newt Gin
January 21, 2005

Too bad FNC doesn't feel the same.

Event Would Violate School Policy, Some Students Contend

By Paul Schwartzman Washington Post Staff Writer
Newt Gingrich's scheduled speech at Catholic University next week is prompting criticism from students who contend that the appearance would violate the school's policy barring speakers who have espoused positions contrary to Vatican teachings. Frank Lankey Jr., 20, political director for the College Democrats, said that Gingrich's support for the death penalty and his extramarital affair in the 1990s contradict church teachings and should prohibit him from appearing.

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