<p>OK, clairemarie, fine. If you want to be very narrow and literal about it, to rule out a university for no other reason than its refusal to distribute free birth control would be stupid. So stupid, in fact, that I don’t believe anybody is actually doing that, do you?</p>
<p>But that is not, in fact, what I said. I said that a person might see “free birth control” as a proxy for other issues–issues that are part of the culture at Notre Dame. I suggested that there might be a person for whom this issue provides the insight that she and Notre Dame are at odds philosophically. Furthermore, I said that it’s not necessarily stupid to be on the other side of these issues from Notre Dame. You seem to be gainsaying that. You seem to be saying that to disagree with Notre Dame is stupid. I hope I’m misinterpreting you.</p>