A reader writes:<\/p>\n
I\u2019m no fan of Alan Keyes or Randall Terry. And, having had some small experience with Father Weslin \u2014 he lives in these parts, and I\u2019ve met the man \u2014 I think it is safe to say that \u201chis zeal consumes him.\u201d<\/p>\n
Still, all three of these men, in this case, are on the side of the angels. Notre Dame and Father Jenkins . . . not so much.<\/p>\n
Whether these protesters were *seeking* to be arrested or not is immaterial. Why would Notre Dame seek to arrest fairly restrained, prayerful and peaceful protesters who were advocating a cause Notre Dame purports to support?<\/p>\n
As with President Obama, don\u2019t listen to what Father Jenkins and the university board say, watch what they *do*. What they do is keep throwing the Catholic side of Jenkins\u2019 cherished \u201cfree exchange of ideas\u201d in jail, in effect allowing Obama to come to an allegedly Catholic institution and engage in a pro-abortion monologue.<\/p>\n
Furthermore, by arresting Terry, Keyes and Father Weslin, Notre Dame thus ensured that all the media focus would be upon the most strident (and thus the least palatable \u2014 and persuasive \u2014 to the general public) pro-life voices. Father Jenkins and his ilk have helped a politician intractably opposed to the Catholic position on a \u201cculture of life\u201d issue look \u201creasonable,\u201d while ensuring the church looks \u201cunreasonable.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Not a lot to add. That\u2019s about the size of it.<\/p>\n