USF Commencement II: "She represents the best of what this great University is all about"

At today's USF Commencement for the Graduate Students in the College of Arts and Sciences and the Graduate School of Management the speaker was San Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harris.

USF President Stephen Privett greeting Ms. Kamala Harris.

She was introduced by Jeffrey S. Brand, the Dean of USF Law School, who, addressing the graduates, faculty, and families, said:

"She represents the best of what this great University is all about."

As we've pointed out, Ms. Harris is a tireless campaigner for same-sex "marriage," who has characterized Proposition 8 as an expression of “prejudice” and “hate.”

Photo courtesy Rick Gerharter, Bay Area Reporter.

She's referring to 53% of the population of California, the Holy Father, every Catholic Bishop in California, and certainly some (hopefully a lot) of today's graduates. But Dean Brand says:

"She represents the best of what this great University is all about."

A reminder: on November 7, 2008, at the USF Law School PILF Fundraiser, Dean Brand honored Shannon Minter and Therese Stewart, the attorneys who argued (and won) the "Marriages" case before the California Supreme Court. Here he is presenting an award to Minter:

Photo courtesy Stephen Hew, USF.

And to Stewart:

Photo courtesy Stephen Hew, USF.

From USF's story about the event:

"The evening's highlight was the award ceremony for Minter and Stewart, who Dean Jeffrey Brand and PILF Co-Chairs Jeff Kaloustian 3L and Freeman exalted as people that make a difference"

So it's easy to see why Dean Brand thinks that Kamala Harris "...represents the best of what this great University is all about."

Posted by Gibbons J. Cooney