Photo: Me with Mary Ann Glendon

Shameless self-promotion time:


Photo taken at the American Principles Project launch.

Live Coverage: Doug Kmiec, Abp. Dolan, Robby George, Mary Ann Glendon

Tomorrow (Thursday) will be an incredibly busy day of AmP live-blogging/twittering.

Starting at 9:30 AM I will be covering a symposium hosted by CUA's School of Law, starting with Archbishop of New York Timothy Dolan, then at 10:00AM the keynote address of Mary Ann Glendon.

In the afternoon, at 1:35PM I will be covering the keynote address of Prof. Robert George, Director of the Madison Program at Princeton University and the founder of the American Principles Project, and perhaps sticking around for the closing remarks of Archbishop of Washington Donald Wuerl at 3:30PM.

At 4:15PM I will be at the public launch of the American Principles Project event in downtown Washington DC.

Promptly at 5:00PM I will be live-blogging an extremely important debate between Doug Kmiec and Robert George at the National Press Club on the topic: "The Obama Administration and the Sanctity of Human Life: Is There a Common Ground on Life Issues?, What is the Right Response by 'Pro-Life' Citizens?"

The debate will be moderated by Mary Ann Glendon and will conclude at 6:30PM.

As you can see, it's going to be an extremely full day. Keep it tuned here and over at my AmP Twitter page for the latest updates. And please spread the word among those who might be interested in these topics.

AmP-sponsored Mary Ann Glendon solidarity group passes 1,500 members! {update: 2,000 members!}

{update - things are moving past, we're past 2,000 members as of April 28th!}

By the time this post goes live the AmP-sponsored "I Support Mary Ann Glendon and her Noble Refusal!" Facebook group will have over 1,500 members.

{Note: There is a good chance I will have the opportunity of seeing Mary Ann Glendon in the next month and I look forward to telling her about the strong support of her decision among young Catholics - the Facebook group's primary demographic.}

It is clear that her brave decision has inspired and encouraged many, many souls. One has only to look through the dozens of comments posted to the page.

Even if you don't have a Facebook account, you can view the group.