South Bend, Ind., Jun 6, 2009 / 11:45 am
"I just don’t think I am guilty for witnessing about abortion on the campus of a Catholic university," explained Dr. Monica Miller, one of the 40 individuals arrested for trespassing while protesting at Notre Dame’s graduation on the weekend of May 17. Miller and members of a pro-life organization pleaded "not guilty" in court on June 3.
The protestors objected to pro-abortion President Obama being honored as commencement speaker and awarded an honorary doctorate in law during Notre Dame’s commencement exercises.
Miller, who is a professor of Sacred Theology at Madonna University in Livonia, Mich. believed that she and other supporters from Citizens for a Pro-Life Society (CPLS) "needed to be on campus to make a witness." Sixteen of the group members were arrested. On June 3, all but one of those arrested pleaded "not guilty."
"Were we to pretend that there was no problem? Stay off campus?" Miller asked. "Our plan was to show the photos of abortion victims to the very graduates filing in just before they were to hear Barack Obama be applauded and honored. We did not want to allow the moment to pass without showing the truth about abortion."