“Unborn Lives Matter” sign deemed bigoted by a Catholic university

It’s hard to believe that a pro-life Catholic university would have a problem with a sign reading “Unborn Lives Matter” hanging on campus. But that just happened.

DePaul University didn’t like the fact that its Republican student group – which made the signs look like the ones used by Black Lives Matter — was bigoted and too provocative.

The group responded, understandably, in disbelief:

“We, the DePaul College Republicans, are appalled by the university’s decision to censor pro-life messaging and give the Black Lives Matter movement some sort of protected status. Our proposed poster was in no way meant to ‘mock’ BLM, although we feel that we should be able to criticize the movement if and when we find it necessary to do so. Frankly, DePaul University seems intent on trashing the very Catholic and American values it claims to be grounded in.”

DePaul’s president stated he didn’t oppose the group’s stance on abortion but didn’t like the way it “provokes” Black Lives Matter.

“Some people will say that DePaul’s stance unfairly silences speech to appease a crowd. Nothing can be further from the truth,” he assured.

The College Republicans accused the administration of bending its knee “to radical leftists” instead of “standing up for the pro-life and free speech ethics this ‘Catholic’ university claims to uphold.”

H/T The College Fix