UPDATE: Keyes and other abortion protesters arrested at Notre Dame

TOM COYNE, Associated Press Writer

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Former presidential candidate Alan Keyes is arrested Friday, March 8, 2009 as he marches on to the campus of Notre Dame with an anti-abortion group. (Tribune Photo/JIM RIDER)

By Beth Boehne

Story Created: May 8, 2009 at 11:56 AM EST

Story Updated: May 8, 2009 at 4:38 PM EST

SOUTH BEND (AP) — Former Illinois U.S. Senate candidate Alan Keyes and 21 others have been arrested after they marched on the University of Notre Dame campus to protest President Barack Obama's upcoming commencement speech.

About 75 protesters gathered Friday outside the school's front gate to pray and listen to Keyes speak before about 30 of them walked onto campus. Some apparently intended to be arrested.

Police say those arrested were handcuffed and taken to the St. Joseph County Jail on trespassing charges. They were held on $250 bond.

The protesters disapprove of the president's support of abortion rights and embryonic stem-cell research. Notre Dame invited Obama to speak at the May 17 commencement.

Keyes ran for the Illinois U.S. Senate seat in 2004 and lost to Obama.

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