19 arrested at Notre Dame protest against Obama

[47of74]

Source: CNN

(CNN) -- Nineteen demonstrators were arrested at Notre Dame University on Saturday as they protested against President Obama's scheduled commencement speech Sunday, campus police said.

The protesters were not students and they were arrested for trespassing when they stepped on the campus, which is private property, Notre Dame police spokesman Dennis Brown told CNN Radio.

Obama's plan to address the university's 2009 graduating class on Sunday has touched off a firestorm. At issue are the president's pro-choice abortion beliefs, which run counter to the Catholic Church's official anti-abortion stance, and his support for federal funding of stem-cell research.

Those views do not sit well with many high-profile Catholics -- both on and off-campus -- who decry the university's choice in speaker and its plans to bestow an honorary degree upon the president.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/05/16/obama.notre.dame/index.html

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Where the F were these people when Bush was invited to Notre Dame? Bush doesn't regard human life all that highly but you didn't see this collection of bigots and extremists out complaining when he was invited to Notre Dame.

[Stellabella]

1. Well, Bush and Cheney were killing brown people.

Since the victims weren't white, that doesn't count.

[sasquatch]

3. +1

[Sultana]

12. Arabs are white

[dgibby]

22. Not to a republicon.

[bluestateguy]

2. Disgusting

Protesting against their country, against their president, and against the laws of this country. Disrupting a graduation.

A despicable abuse of free speech.

If they don't like America, they should leave and go move to Vatican City.

[Archae]

4. Put "Bush" in your post, and you'll sound like a Freeper.

I'm serious.

If we can bitch about Bush, they can bitch about Obama.

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[onehandle]

17. LOL! After eight years of being "President," Bush now posts at DU.

Or are you Cheney?

Brit Hume?

[EFerrari]

5. 19? Wow, that's pathetic! lol

[ManiacJoe]

24. That number is not big enough for you?

Sounds like 19 idiots chose to break the law while everyone else was busy legally protesting.

[knixphan]

6. ah, the disgruntled losing team--

out of tea bags, now it's wedge issue #2...

[tomm2thumbs]

7. even my mom who is really anti-Obama (bless her) thought this was ridiculous

she also thinks politics should get the hell out of the doctor's office - a reverse wedge issue for the Democrats if they would pick it up and run with it - the far right keeps talking about keeping the government out of people's lives, but forget they hit a wall when it comes to these issues. Let's work it to the advantage of everyone's rights here.

[Hawaii Hiker]

8. That's 19 more people than were arrested at the Obama inauguration

Not one arrest at the inauguration of Barack Obama on 1/20/09, an event attended by over 2 MILLION people....

[Blue Gardener]

10. I wonder

How many of the protestors are actually Catholic.

[annabanana]

11. It is the Terri Shaivo crowd... remember them?. .. reasonable pious people. .

[AngryOldDem]

20. Who happen to be some of the biggest political opportunist/hacks ever.

[pnwmom]

13. "Many high profile Catholics"? What a joke.

A handful of noisy right wingers, that's it.

[madrchsod]

14. according to several reports(not from the msm) that i have heard...

the students are pissed at the off campus protesters. they object to their signs of dead fetus and the rest of the standard far right abortion signage. the students feel these people are perverting their message.
this story is blow way out of proportion by a media that has`t the balls to actually report both sides of this issue.

[madrchsod]

15. pew research on this issue

http://pewforum.org/docs/?DocID=416

[Highway61]

16. Some of these "Anti abortion" clowns

are pro NRA....pro war etc....makes perfect sense to me:eyes:

[fascisthunter]

18. fruit cakes who care more about the Unborn so they don't have to do anything

when it comes to helping their fellow man or women, they do nothing.

[AngryOldDem]

19. Didn't you get the memo?

Pro-life only applies if you're unborn.

After that, you're on your own. Oh...and good luck and God Bless!

Fucking hypocrites.

[47of74]

21. Well....that's not entirely true.

In addition to unborn, it also applies to forms of life that the right to life crowd thinks could get the GOP votes come election time. You know, like Terri Schiavo. Otherwise, you're right, once the life is born the RTL crowd doesn't really give a shit about human life.

[Union Yes]

23. Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion

The argument to ban choice is almost purely based from religion.

That means banning choice is unconstitutional.

Remind pro lifers of the establishment clause written in this replies headline.


Food for thought...

Has anyone ever heard of a anti choice Atheist?