19 Anti-Obama Protesters Arrested At Notre Dame
19 Anti-Obama Protesters Arrested At Notre Dame…Nearly 20 demonstrators were arrested at Notre Dame University on Saturday, May 26th, 2009, as they protested against President Barack Obama’s scheduled commencement speech this weekend, according to Notre Dame’s campus police.
The 19 protesters were not Notre Dame students and they were arrested on trespassing charges, when they stepped on the campus. Notre Dame is private property, Notre Dame police spokesman Dennis Brown stated.
19 Anti-Obama Protesters Arrested At Notre Dame as President Obama’s plans to address Notre Dame’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 pro-life stance. Plus there is the issue of his support for federal funding of stem cell research.
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