<p>Notre Dame University President has defended the school&#8217;s decision to sponsor a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/drag-queen" target="_blank" rel="noopener">drag queen</a> show stating in an automated response that the event will happen on the grounds of &#8220;academic freedom&#8221; and &#8220;freedom of expression.&#8221;</p>
<p>The university&#8217;s school paper &#8220;The Irish Rover&#8221; recently reported that the Film, Television, and Theater (FTT) Department will host a school-sponsored drag show on the campus on November 3.</p>
<p>News about the event has drawn criticism from students of the Catholic University who wrote an email to the school&#8217;s administration stating that the invite needs to &#8220;be rescinded [and that] the University offer an apology, especially to her women, for ever considering such a degrading portrayal of femininity, and direct its funds to events that support authentic femininity and the dignity of the human person,&#8221; the <a href="https://thefederalist.com/2023/10/26/notre-dame-admin-defends-university-sponsored-drag-show-under-the-guise-of-academic-freedom/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Federalist</a> reported.</p>
<p>In the automated response from the University President John Jenkins, those upset about the event were told that it&#8217;s a matter of &#8220;academic freedom.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;We defend this freedom even when the content of the presentation is objectionable to some or even many,&#8221; the letter read. &#8220;The event you reference is part of a one-credit course in Film, Television and Theater on the history of drag, and the principle of academic freedom applies.&#8221;</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Notre Dame Admin Defends University-Sponsored Drag Show Under The Guise Of ‘Academic Freedom’<a href="https://t.co/Wi1UZiDzvp">https://t.co/Wi1UZiDzvp</a></p>
<p>— The Federalist (@FDRLST) <a href="https://twitter.com/FDRLST/status/1717520451436724545?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 26, 2023</a></p></blockquote>
<p>The response also stated that &#8220;the right of free expression does not, of course, extend to speech that threatens violence or constitutes harassment against an individual or a group. Such expressions violate University policies and will not be tolerated.&#8221;</p>
<p>The event-which is billed as featuring several <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/taxpayer-funded-lgbtq-center-teaches-kids-as-young-as-11-fundamentals-of-drag" target="_blank" rel="noopener">drag performers</a>&#8211; is co-sponsored by the College of Arts and Letters Initiative on Race and Resilience, the Departments of Music and American Studies, and the Gender Studies Program, the Federalist noted.</p>
<p>The Rover&#8217;s editor-in-chief Nico Schmitz wrote a plea to &#8220;Students, faculty, and staff who care about preserving Notre Dame as an authentically Catholic institution [to] make their voices heard on the matter.&#8221;</p>
<p>In his <a href="https://irishrover.net/2023/10/no-place-for-drag-at-our-ladys-university/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">column</a>, he wrote that by the university &#8220;supporting lies about the human person — lies that say men can be women and that a minstrel show of femininity is a legitimate art form — the university is not only actively working against her mission, but permitting irreparable damage to its community and image.&#8221;</p>
<p>More than 400 people have emailed the university in opposition and if the event does happen, students who are upset have planned to host a rosary rally outside of the performance in November, the outlet noted.</p>
<p><strong>Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/why-christians-need-to-be-a-lot-less-welcoming-and-tolerant" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Why Christians Need To Be A Lot Less Welcoming And Tolerant</a></strong></p>

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