For the Cardinal Newman Society , an objection is about political neutrality on Catholic campuses.

And while he opposes abortion, he supports contraception funding. Catholic U is in a unique position to teach — what Catholic pols obligations are, etc. Unless they take some dramatic opportunity to discuss what the Catholic Church teaches about these things, I think, practically, they contribute to “this community’s” moral muddle.

I don’t think that the appearance necessarily translates into CUA endorsing him, by the way, but by having him now and not having Santorum now, it has the same effect. This is especially frustrating when we’re talking about the prospect of losing such a consistent and passionate defender of innocent life.

And for anyone who wants more circumstantial evidence that someone there may have it in for Santorum: Sam Brownback is giving the keynote at an event on religion and politics there later this month . Brownback’s a good and able pro-lifer in the Senate. But since they had Casey and since he is in the Senate leadership…they could have invited Santorum. (I haven’t checked to make sure they didn’t, by the way, but I also assume they would have offered that information to the Washington Times if it were the case.)