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Petition to the Board of Trustees of the University of St. Thomas

In response to the mandatory requirement by the Department of English at St. Thomas that all incoming freshmen read The Handmaid’s Tale--- a boorish, obscene and anti-Catholic book of minimal literary value--- we the undersigned request:

1) Reform of the English Department so that it conforms with the guidelines for Catholic universities as set forth in the document Ex Corde Ecclesiae by Pope John Paul II. In particular, we request that future Common Text selections receive prior approval by both the Director of the Catholic Studies program, and the Rector of St. John Vianney Seminary.

Initiated October 17, 2007. Updated August 11, 2008. Over 450 signatures!

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