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MATTERS OF LIFE AND DEATH
Alan Keyes arrested at Notre Dame

Leading protesters ask others to follow, fill jails with pro-lifers

Posted: May 08, 2009
7:00 pm Eastern

By Drew Zahn
© 2009 WorldNetDaily



Former presidential candidate and WND columnist Alan Keyes was arrested this afternoon, along with 21 others, on charges of trespassing while he was protesting against Barack Obama's
abortion record at the University of Notre Dame.

As WND reported, University President John Jenkins prompted national outrage when he invited the pro-abortion president to speak at the university's May 17 commencement. Despite at least 55 bishops publicly denouncing or questioning the university's decision, Jenkins has refused to rescind the offer.

"I will step foot on the Notre Dame
campus to lift up the standard that protects the life of the innocent children of this and every generation," Keyes said in a statement prior to his arrest. "I will do it all day and every day from now until the Master comes if need be, though it means I shall be housed every day in the prison house of lies and injustice that Obama, Jenkins and their minions now mean to construct for those who will never be still and silent in the face of their mockery of God and justice, their celebration of evil."

Operation Rescue founder Randall Terry, who made headlines last week after he was arrested for pushing a stroller carrying a doll covered in fake blood on the Notre Dame campus, witnessed the arrest.

"Keyes and 21 people with strollers walked onto campus, praying," Terry told WND. "The police grabbed them all and arrested them, but it was done very peacefully."



Nonetheless, Terry said, what's happening at Notre Dame is infuriating.

"The outrage is that they were arrested by Notre Dame's orders for defending babies; meanwhile Notre Dame is going to honor someone who kills babies," Terry said, referring to Obama's record on supporting abortion.

University spokesman Dennis Brown told the Chicago Breaking News
Center that Keyes was given notice that university policy bans protests unless they are organized by student groups and approved in advance.

Brown further stated that university policy is to arrest anyone who refuses to leave campus after being notified.

"We've got a long established policy that only members of the university community can organize or lead a protest, and they have to be approved by our office of student affairs," Brown said.

Sergeant Bill Redman of the St. Joseph County Sheriff's Office confirmed that those arrested were handcuffed and taken to the St. Joseph County Jail, held for trespassing on a $250 bond.

Prior to his arrest, Keyes had announced, "If this be trespass, then forgive us our trespasses and join us in trespassing until the South Bend jail is filled to overflowing with witnesses to truth; filled beyond capacity; filled until we break the most onerous shackles – the ones that bind the heart and mind to evil and our nation to the path of its destruction."

Terry told WND that he believes Keyes and several of the 21 other protesters intend to remain in jail through the weekend. In fact, a witness from the jail told Terry that Keyes has been using his time behind bars to preach – for hours on end – to the inmates.

"Pro-life activism has been dying," Terry said, "but this has given us a fresh line of defense to regroup."

Now, Terry is urging others to follow Keyes' example.

"We are asking people to come," Terry said. "We want to have 50 or 100 people in jail next weekend, so that every time that the media discusses Obama speaking at Notre Dame, they talk about the fact that there are people in jail for protesting his appearance."

Earlier, Terry told WND that he hoped the efforts would cause Obama to cancel his commencement appearance at the university.

"There would be no better witness to the world of the value of these babies – who Obama is even now slaughtering – than if there are hundreds of people sitting in jail," Terry said.

White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, however, told reporters this afternoon that Obama had no plans to cancel the appearance or decline the honorary degree Notre Dame has offered him.

"We are honored to have received the invitation," Gibbs said. "Notre Dame has a good history of robust, civic debate and the president looks forward to speaking to the graduating class."

Terry is nonetheless continues to promote a website called StopObamaNotreDame.com so others may join the protests.

"My goal, and my challenge to everyone, is to create such a political mud pit here that Obama chooses to not walk through it in order to speak," he said. "The only way that's going to happen is by massive social tension on the ground. That's why these arrests are going to be so critical."

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MATTERS OF LIFE AND DEATH
Jail evicts Keyes against his will

Pro-lifer says Notre Dame protesters obeying God, university 'unlawful'
Posted: May 09, 2009
6:31 pm Eastern

By Drew Zahn
© 2009 WorldNetDaily


Randall Terry (left) and Alan Keyes (right) amid protesters outside the entrance to Notre Dame

An unknown person, believed to be from New York, bailed former presidential candidate Alan Keyes out of jail, but the pro-life protester says he didn't want to leave.

As WND reported, Keyes was arrested yesterday, along with 21 others, on charges of trespassing while he was protesting against Barack Obama's
abortion record at the University of Notre Dame, which invited Obama to speak at its May 17 commencement.

Now, WND is the first news source to speak with Keyes following his release.

"It was weird, because I said, 'I don't want to leave; I didn't post any bond,'" Keyes explained. "But the police wouldn't let me stay. I asked them, 'Has anyone ever been re-arrested for resisting expulsion?' They laughed, for they had never heard anything like that. It didn't seem like the appropriate time to be engaging in civil disobedience."

Keyes was quick to point out, however, that he sees his arrest not as a matter of defying the civil authorities, but as an act of obeying God.

"I do not see any issue that I have with civil authority, and therefore no civil disobedience is involved," Keyes told WND. "The civil authorities are acting on behest of a private party, in this case Father Jenkins, president of Notre Dame. When I set foot on Notre Dame's campus, I am, in fact, on Notre Dame's property, but that property is also part – according to its own statement – of the community of my faith. So what goes on between myself and Notre Dame is then subject to the laws that govern the community of our faith; and those are not the civil laws, but the laws of God.

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"It is not disobedience," Keyes continued. "I am obeying the church's teaching and the laws of God. Father Jenkins, in issuing the order he issued, acted unlawfully. When I act according to God's will, and someone moves against me in that context, they go against the will of God, they are unlawful, and unlawful orders do not have to be obeyed.

"There was no civil disobedience going on; there was obedience going on," Keyes insisted. "And obedience is what this is all about – obedience to the law of God."

Even though Keyes won't call it "civil disobedience," he is willing to be arrested again, if that's what it takes. In fact, he plans to resume his protest, and therefore likely return to jail, on Tuesday.

Keyes told WND he would have almost immediately returned to the campus, except that he has realized the importance of standing alongside others – who have come from as far away as Virginia and New Mexico, according to fellow pro-life protester Randall Terry – and therefore will wait for others to join him at the university in South Bend, Ind.

"This has been a watershed event for me," Keyes said. "One of the things I found on the other side of this watershed is that community is one of the most essential aspects of what I am involved in. I am not acting as an individual; I am acting with and in the context of a community of the faithful. It's amazing."

Keyes is calling on others to join the community of protesters at Notre Dame, even unto jail, if necessary.

"While we were behind bars, we prayed deeply that the shepherds of our faith – the pastors, bishops and others – would be moved to come bear witness," Keyes told WND. "Because I think that would deeply, deeply move and fire up the hearts and spirits of people in the church community throughout the country and through out the world, and I think it would light a fire in the context that we're talking about, a spiritual flame that could transform the momentum of the pro-life movement."

He continued, "The message is very simple: If they are moved by the truth that is being witnessed here, don't resist, just come."

Operation Rescue founder Randall Terry, who made headlines last week after he was also arrested on the Notre Dame campus, told WND earlier that the protests have given pro-life activists "a fresh line of defense to regroup."

"We are asking people to come," Terry said. "We want to have 50 or 100 people in jail next weekend, so that every time that the media discusses Obama speaking at Notre Dame, they talk about the fact that there are people in jail for protesting his appearance."

Terry is promoting a website called StopObamaNotreDame.com so others may join the protests.

"My goal, and my challenge to everyone, is to create such a political mud pit here that Obama chooses to not walk through it in order to speak," Terry said. "The only way that's going to happen is by massive social tension on the ground. That's why these arrests are going to be so critical."

Keyes concluded his interview with WND by reiterating his hope that the protests will make a difference.

"I think this is a moment that is really providential from God," Keyes said. "What could otherwise work for evil – the focus upon Obama that could send a message through the world that somehow Christianity honors and approves of what he is, despite his extremist profession of that which is an abomination to God: abortion, infanticide and murder of innocent life – that could be a bad thing. But on the other hand, if there comes as a result of this a fervent witness from people drawn to just stand and prayerfully bear witness to the truth, then suddenly what was intended for evil will go throughout the world as a light shining against that darkness."

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Originally Posted by AirborneSapper7

I gotta tell ya... I am love'n Alan Keyes more and more every day

I completely agree Airborne!

So where is the ACLU! He is a black man! Why are they not up in arms? BECAUSE they do not give a rats rear end about civil liberties for anyone black or white. They only care about the destruction of America! Race has nothing to do with it! When are black Americans going to see through this crap????