In a recent column Boston Globe columnist, Jeff Jacoby, highlighted two women, Carrie Prejean and Mary Ann Glendon, whom he said “could hardly seem more dissimilar. Prejean is a 21-year-old California beauty queen and model; Glendon is a Harvard law professor and a former US ambassador to the Vatican . What they have in common is a greater respect for honesty than for political correctness, and for the obligations of moral witness than for their own personal prestige.”

Prejean answered pageant judge Perez Hilton's question about same-sex marriage by sticking to her conscience instead of going after the crown and Mary Ann Glendon recently turned down the University of Notre Dame's Laetare Medal, “the most distinguished honor in American Catholic life,” because the university is going against Catholic principles and awarding an honorary degree to President Barack Obama, who is a supporter of unrestricted abortion rights.

“It is not always easy to have the courage of one's convictions, to turn down honor for the sake of truth, or to resist the pressure to be politically correct. A law professor and a beauty queen have just shown us how it is done.”

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Then our friends at Know your Neighbor (knowyourneighbor.typepad.com) are asking members to chime in about those in other faiths exhibiting courage for their moral witness. Here is the link to add your voice of praise for the courageous.