All is not well at my alma mater, the University of Notre Dame. A couple of weeks ago, anonymous students put up unauthorized posters on campus that read "There's queer blood on homophobic hands," suggesting that Notre Dame students, faculty, and alumni were responsible for violence. Here's more on the signs from Notre Dame's independent student newspaper the Irish Rover (for which I was once executive editor):
The sign contained many articles from the Irish Rover and the Observer which reflect Catholic doctrine regarding human sexuality, implying that the authors of these were responsible for the deaths of “queer” people nationwide.
Most shockingly, the sign's message was painted in blood red, and the names of the articles' writers were all circled in blood-red paint, drawing hostile attention to individual members of the Notre Dame community. Among the names circled in red paint were those of current students, faculty, and alumni of the University.
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