The exploding petition

CatholicVote.org, the site responsible for the brief but poignant video some of the major networks were afraid to air in a paid commercial spot….has teamed with the Cardinal Newman Society in its campaign to protest the Notre Dame decision.

The ticker is still counting, but as of this moment, there are 119,200 signers, all in just five days.

I was asked again on radio this morning if I’m surprised by any of this. Notre Dame involved in a controversy, no. The audacious move by the university president around his local bishop, sort of. The breadth and depth of the outrage just since the announcement last Friday, yes.

I guess the only thing that would trump this in shock value is if either president (Obama or Jenkins) cancelled these plans. For Notre Dame, it’s an eminently teachable moment. For Obama, a learning one.