Would you walk out of your own commencement ceremony if you didn't agree with the keynote speaker's views?
Graduating students at St. Joseph University were faced with the question Sunday, and roughly one in eight answered to the affirmative by walking out before the keynote address by Sen. Rick Santorum, according to an Associated Press report.
Santorum, who recently infuriated gay groups and others with derogatory remarks about homosexual behavior, is the Senate's third-ranking Republican. Santorum did not mention the walkout or the controversy directly, according to the report.
"We are all called to love one another, even people we disagree with, even people who hate us for what we believe," Santorum was quoted as saying.
Santorum's sentiments are golden, but his hypocrisy is showing.
After likening homosexual behavior to bigamy, polygamy, incest and adultery in an April 7 interview, Santorum later attempted to clarify his remarks as a legal analysis and not a comment on lifestyles.
Not all of the Jesuit university's students were happy with that clarification, as some 100 students walked out prior to his address, according to the report.
For a senator who espouses the benefits of loving one another, even those who disagree, he certainly seems to have a problem following his golden rule.
One might wonder if Santorum associates himself with William Bennett, whose "Book of Virtues" now stands as a laughable testament to hypocritical behavior after Bennett's gambling problem was revealed a few weeks ago.
All wondering aside, though, the students' actions were admirable. A college education is meant to expand the mind and motivate young minds to act. By walking out, the protesting students have passed the first great test of the real world:
When faced with hypocrisy, they didn't take it sitting down.
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