The Jesus Cover-up At Georgetown U.

"Whoever is ashamed of me and of my words in this faithless and sinful generation, the Son of Man will be ashamed of when he comes in his Father's glory with the holy angels." (Mark 8:38)

White House Requires Religious Symbols to be Covered at Georgetown University

Georgetown University says it covered over the monogram “IHS” — symbolizing the name of Jesus Christ — because it was inscribed on a pediment on the stage where President Obama spoke at the university on Tuesday and the White House had asked Georgetown to cover up all signs and symbols there....

“In coordinating the logistical arrangements for yesterday’s event, Georgetown honored the White House staff’s request to cover all of the Georgetown University signage and symbols behind Gaston Hall stage,” Julie Green Bataille, associate vice president for communications at Georgetown, told CNSNews.com.

“The White House wanted a simple backdrop of flags and pipe and drape for the speech, consistent with what they’ve done for other policy speeches,” she added. “Frankly, the pipe and drape wasn’t high enough by itself to fully cover the IHS and cross above the GU seal and it seemed most respectful to have them covered so as not to be seen out of context.”

All signs and symbols, she said. Most respectful to whom? Christ or Mr. Obama?

I can't believe Georgetown agreed to this defilement, for that is what it is. Mr. Obama didn't want to "compete" with any other deity's imagery? What are we witnessing here, clever marketing or a man's antipathy to the Christian God?

The White House did not respond to a request from CNSNews.com to comment on the covering up of Jesus’ name at Gaston Hall.

I'm sure they didn't. And won't.

Georgetown should have said no to the request. They should've told all the president's men and women to take a hike. That the name of Jesus is nothing for which they should be ashamed.

This part of the report is instructive:

Obama did not mention the name of Jesus during his address. However, he did mention Christ’s Sermon on the Mount.

“There is a parable at the end of the Sermon on the Mount that tells a story of two men…‘the rain descended and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house…it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock,’” Obama said.

“We cannot rebuild this economy on the same pile of sand,” he added. “We must build our house upon a rock.”

Mr. Obama borrows the words of Christ when they suit his purposes, such as in defense of his socialist economic policies. That he chooses to do so at a Catholic university implies that the university agrees with his interpretation.

As a Catholic, I am deeply shocked, saddened and not just a little angry with Georgetown for its willingness to bask in the glory of The Obama at the expense of its identity as a Jesuit (the Society of Jesus) university. As a Christian American I am most concerned that there is a spiritual price to be paid for the actions of our elected leaders.

Thus silence is not an option.