What I am going to say is my interpretation and by no means am I speaking for any University.
When a school has a speaker come, it is not always an endorsement of the speaker. Go google "define: school" and you will see that the top hit is "an educational institution." Schools have speakers come to inform pupils on a subject or way of thinking. When schools give some honor to a speaker, again it may not be an endorsement, but more an endorsement of the role the person plays in society and/or the education of others.
A teacher would be failing if he or she never presented other ways to attack a problem or other schools of thought. Think of this math problem:
| 2x + 4 = 4 | |
| (2x)/2 + (4/2) = 4/2 | 2x + 4 - 4 = 4 - 4 |
| x + 2 = 2 | 2x = 0 |
| x + 2 - 2 = 2 - 2 | 2x = 0 / 2 |
| x = 0 | x = 0 |
Was either solution better than the other? No, they were the same. The only difference was the approach made to finding the solution.
Has it ever occurred to groups like the Cardinal Newman Society that, perhaps, by taking a different education route, it will come to the same result? Perhaps, taking the "wrong" route will lead people who do not adhere to take a route that, when properly traversed, will get the person to the same place. You can look at a road map right now and see that there are more than one way to get from point A to point B; one may be a longer and more difficult route, but, the rewards are the same in the end.
Let me give you an example from my life: I, like most people, at one point, doubted God's existence. However, I had (and still have) an interest in the paranormal (which is spoken poorly upon in the Old Testament). During some free research, years ago, I found confirmed reports of demonic possessions by impartial parties. I realized that if there was an evil force, then there would have to be a good force because, unless there was some type of competition, the evil force would have no reason to posses others. That good force must be God.
Even if a person does not make it to the end of the path and nothing changes, there was no harm nor foul based upon the preliminary education.
Notice how I did not bring up how the Catholic Church happens to be vehemently pro-labor union nor the response from Georgetown?
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