On Catholic Law Schools and "Imposing" Religion

Thanks very much to Greg, Mark, John, Amy, and others (and still others) for their responses to my question about the place of Catholic law schools in "great" Catholic universities.  I hope others will weigh in, too.

In response to Greg's very eloquent and thoughtful post, a question:  Greg writes, "I think it's critical that Jesuit law schools find ways to be explicit about the faith dimension of our Jesuit, Catholic mission, and I'm convinced that we can (and must) find ways to be explicit in an authentically Jesuit way that is characterized by inclusion and dialogue, rather than imposition or indoctrination."  Later, he adds, "I'm convinced that, if our law schools are to be places where the full range of ideas and questions can be explored and brought into dialogue with one another, then they must be places where the Catholic intellectual tradition is alive and at home -- not imposed on anyone, but present, vital, articulate, and thoroughly involved in the academic conversation that is at the heart of the life of the university." 

I agree with every word.  That said, I have to confess being a bit troubled, or maybe just confused, about the words "imposition" and "imposed."  In my experience, "the imposition of Catholicism" often functions as a bugbear or straw man in conversations about Catholic identity.  (I am not suggesting for a moment that it is playing such a role in Greg's post).  What, exactly, do we mean by "imposition," and does the term have a meaning that is both (a) linguistically accurate and (b) remotely likely to actually occur in any currently-functioning Catholic law school?  Sometimes, it seems that people think that what Greg endorses -- i.e., making the Church's claims and teachings "present, vital, articulate, and thoroughly involved in the academic conversation that is at the heart of the life of the university" -- does, in fact, amount to "imposition." 

But that cannot be right.  That is, it cannot be that to present, and even to endorse, Catholic claims, perspectives, or sensibilities is to "impose" them.  I imagine that for all of us on MOJ, and for everyone else who thinks and cares about Catholic legal education, John Paul II's statement, "the Church proposes, she imposes nothing", is central to our understanding.  So, I wonder if Greg could think of an example of something a currently functioning Catholic school might actually do that would count as "imposition" or "indoctrination"?  Would a required one-credit, first-year course, introducing students to the Catholic Social Thought tradition count?  What about crucifixes in the classroom, or prayers at graduation?  What about a rule that abortion-rights groups may not recruit through the Career Services Office?  And so on.

Thanks!  Rick