The selection of individuals to be recipients of honorary degrees is hardly a canonization  and it shouldn't be. Business success, philanthropic work, and service to community are all compelling reasons to bestow such degrees  none has to be the next Mother Teresa. Turning this process into a purity test for political correctness is neither wise nor prudent. With this precedent, some will undoubtedly argue that a potential honoree should be disqualified for having been an Eagle Scout as a youth or that a graduate of a university like the U. of U. should be rejected because of possible insensitivities to Native Americans. While seemingly absurd, such examples flow from the demonization of those with whom we might disagree.