Digital News Report- Former Presidential Candidate Alan Keyes, who lost against President Obama in the 2004 Senate race, was arrested today at University of Notre Dame. Father Norman Weslin, who is a former army colonel and current Catholic priest, was also taken into custody along with 19 other protesters. The charges include criminal trespassing and resisting law enforcement after they refused to disband and leave campus grounds. The protesters were asked to leave because they were breaking campus policy, which states that only student-organized protests are allowed on campus once approved by the office of student affairs. Five of the arrested protesters will be detained until after the President’s speech as they had been arrested previously on the campus over similar charges.
Keyes, who ran in the 1996, 2000, and 2008 Republican Presidential Primaries, has been an outspoken pro-life and family values advocate. He notably left the Republican party in January 2008. He sits on the board of advisors for the Catholic League, the American Coalition of Life Activists, and the Survivors of the Abortion Holocaust.
The group of protesters is objecting to President Obama’s commencement speech set to take place on Sunday at the Catholic university. Many asserting that Obama’s Pro-choice stance is inconsistent with the Catholic Pro-life teachings. According to White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, Obama plans on addressing the issue in his speech.
This will mark the second commencement address that President Obama will deliver since stepping into office. On Wednesday he spoke at Arizona State University, which chose to not award him an honorary degree.
Updated: added school policy information.
We must pray for our Catholic leaders who are showing us the way. Obama is leading this country down the road to perdition and the liberal media is helping his cause.
If only there were more men with the conviction of Alan Keyes out there…
John McCain lost you pathetic Neo-Cons. Get over it. Obama is fixing the country. Sit down, shut up, and enjoy the ride.
GOD BLESS AMERICA.
Roe v. Wade and Dred Scott v. Sanford
Alan Keyes is fighting against those who think that an unborn child in this country has *no rights which any American is bound to respect. In (1857) Dred Scott v. Sanford case, African-Americans were deprived of their inalienable rights, too, with Supreme Court Justice Roger Taney’s opinion that blacks have *”no rights which the white man was bound to respect.” With Obama being honored with a speaking platform and an honorary doctorate in law, I am wondering what difference Notre Dame’s “Catholic” environment is making in protecting inalienable rights. After all, Senator Obama worked to expand “kill” privileges to newly born children.
God bless those who stand up for life and the most innocent.
Umm…I thought this was a free country and we had the right to protest? Why were Alan Keyes and these people arrested?
Alan Keyes is being held in jail until Monday. Just (16 May 2009 11:45 AM CT) talked to the St Joseph County Jail (574 245 6500)to try to get a message to Mr. Keyes; the only way is to send a letter by means of the US Postal Service; hand delivery won’t work. Wanted to tell him that I’ll be on my knees a 2 PM tomorrow with him and HIM.
I myself,like Alan Keyes,he is a stand up American Patriot.
I have been watching Mr.Keyes and listening to him for a couple of years. And I would seriously think about voting for Mr.Keyes.
Alan Keyes is a real hero. The conservative voices in America must stand up and fight against the slaughter of the helpless. Babies have no guns to fight for their lives. That is the difference between soldiers in a war and the helpless unborn. At least the soldier has a fighting chance. The babies have none.
God is bringing the abortion issue to the forefront, & He is using Alan Keyes to lead the charge to stand up for life & for Jesus in the most courageous of ways, for he is truly willing to lay his life down for both. God has a remnant, & He is preparing that remnant to rise up in defense of the unborn, & as God raised up Esther in the Bible to lay down her life for her people, so He has raised up Alan for such a time as this. We stand with you Alan Keyes! God bless you as you stand up for righteousness.
it’s a shame we don’t have mr. keyes in the white house instead of obama/soros. mr. keyes has his head on straight.
dennisintn
How many of you Catholics were in favor of the Iraq war? How many of you are pro death penalty?
Just curious how many hypocrites we have here.
We need Bush back! He did such great things for unborn babies that everything else was worth it!!!
Umm…I thought this was a free country and we had the right to protest? Why were Alan Keyes and these people arrested?
Well, I guess not only the unborn have no rights, but those who choose to speak up for the unborn, also loose their rights.
Its a shame that the uneducated and degenerate don’t know the difference between murder and killing, between justice and injustice. Its hard to believe they don’t understand that a just war is far different than a in-human piece of garbage getting the death penalty.
I would like to know on what grounds they are being detained. Peaceful protesting? Since when was that an offense? Wow, Obama is afraid of these protesters. He should not be bringing up the topic of abortion at a commencement speech. That has nothing to do with graduation! Not everything has to be a way to get your views across (which we already know far too much about).
I am a black conservative and I have alot of respect for Alan. It is appalling that Barack Obama could embrace moral “dignity” when it comes to the interrogation of terrorist yet he lacks the moral fiber to end the silent holocaust of millions of children.
Damn, Alan Keyes is seriously cuckoo for cocoa puffs. There’s a reason this guy can’t elected to anything..
BTW, the earliest fetus that survived without it’s mother (but with machines) was about 6 months in gestation. Until a fetus nears its final trimester, it is entirely dependent on the woman’s body. If a woman chooses to terminate her pregnancy, it is her right to make that choice, not the government’s or a church’s. There is a reason why we have separation of church and state– and also why no one ever takes Alan Keyes seriously.
Gotta love the liberals, they don’t want wars, but in their biggest hypocrit way, they kill as many babies as they possibly can. A hypocrit is a person who wants abortion, but had a mother who gave birth to them. Your arguments suck. Why, first of all, there may never have been a WW II if the allies had acted right away to stop Hitler. That would have saved uncountless millions of human lives, men women and children. Second, a person on death row has committed a crime, more than likely a heinous one! How many crimes have the unborn babies committed, other than being concieved? There will allways be wars in this world. That, unfortunately is an ugly fact, because of the greed, hate, and lust that prevail in this world. The men and women who go out to fight them however are volunteers, they do so knowing full well when they enlist what they could be letting themselves in for. They also can defend themselves, unborn babies have committed no crime, and cant defend themselves. For you liberals who keep making that comparison, shut up!
Thank God for men like Allan Keyes who stand up for righteousness.
What is very disturbing in this country, is that convicted prisoners get more rights that innocent babies that never saw the light of day. We protect the criminals and punish the innocent. Isaiah 5:20 says; Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; Who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; Who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! Let us go back to the bible and bring back capital punishment for those who have taken a life, committed a crime against this country, and leave in prison those who love to violate innocent children. Why should we, the tax payers have to pay for room and board for murderers and traitors. The most important thing these people need to do is to truly be sorry for what they did, repent and give their lives to Jesus and expect life eternal that Jesus promised. This is truly what life is all about. This life is going to end but we have eternity to either look forward to or regret. Regarding our leaders, Proverbs 16:12 says; It is an abomination for kings to commit wickedness, for a throne is established by righteousness.
Proverbs 29:2 When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice; But when a wicked man rules, the people groan.
Ungodly leaders are an enemy to God because God established for all nations to be led by godly and righteous men and women. Let us be sure, beginning with God’s people, we need to pray for a revival of repentance. Freedom is not free and we have many of our brave men and women who have ultimately given their lives for us but most of all we have the opportunity to be spiritually free because of the eternal sacrifice of Jesus.
God Have Mercy on America!