Protest Now!
Student Newspaper Lampoons the Virgin Mary

The Blessed Mother is grossly insulted by the University of Virginia’s student newspaper, The Cavalier Daily, which printed a Nativity-like cartoon of Our Lady holding the Infant Jesus beside Saint Joseph on August 24.

The figure depicting Saint Joseph says: "Mary…I don't mean to ruin this special moment, but how did you get that bumpy rash?” suggesting a sexually transmitted disease. To which a Mary-figure says, “I swear, it was Immaculately Transmitted.”

This is outrageous public blasphemy! Click here to protest now.

On August 23, the same student newspaper mocked Our Lord by portraying a Christ-like figure crucified on a mathematical graph with the inscription, “Christ on a Cartesian Coordinate Plane.”

According to LifeSiteNews.com, the editor-in-chief of The Cavalier Daily is quoted as saying: “Under our newspaper’s policies, satire of religion, or any other belief or creed, is acceptable.” However, a year ago, the newspaper issued an official apology after printing something that irritated pro-homosexuals. “…The Cavalier Daily regrets printing this comic and deeply apologizes to those who were offended,” the apology reads.

At press time, The Cavalier Daily has refused to issue an apology to Catholics.

Please SIGN YOUR INSTANT E-PROTEST to the editor-in-chief of The Cavalier Daily, Michael Slaven. Demand an apology. Demand that the blasphemous insults be removed from the student newspaper’s web site.

You can be even more effective: After you sign your protest, give Michael Slaven's office a call. Be polite and firm. Tell him how you feel about it. Ask him to have the cartoons removed immediately and issue an apology.

Call today.

Michael Slaven
Tel: (434) 924-1082
Cell: (434) 825-7943

Be a part of this campaign today!
Here is what you can do!

1. Pray for the Success of this campaign

2. Email this page to all your friends.

3. Click here to send your instant email protest to Michael Slaven, Editor-in-Chief of The Cavalier Daily.

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Additional contact information:

Carol S. Wood
University Relations
Tel: (434) 924-1400
E-mail: cwood@virginia.edu

Mr. John T. Casteen, III
University of Virginia President
P.O. Box 400224
Charlottesville, VA 22904-4224
Tel: (434) 924-3337
Fax: (434) 924-3792
E-Mail: jtc@Virginia.edu or
jtc@j1.mail.virginia.edu

Nancy Rivers
Executive Assistant and Chief of Staff to the President
(434) 982-2662
nan9k@virginia.edu