It has been reported that Georgetown University covered up an inscription representing the name "Jesus" during the president's recent speech in one of their halls. Georgetown Univeristy, a private Catholic institution, should have nothing to hide. When a president visits a religious institution, that institution does not have to temporarily abandon its faith or the expression thereof in order to avoid a government stamp of approval on a particular religion. Georgetown should have respectfully told the president, "If the name of Jesus offends you, give your speech somewhere else." God forbid that we be so willing to sacrifice the expression of our faith in order to appease political power.
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