Reno Sues ORN Again Under Civil FACE

Never since the days of Jesus and then Paul has such a small band of Saints drawn the ire of the most powerful government in the world.

A few questions to ponder:

Why is the full force of the Attorney General of the United States of America and her Justice Department being brought to bear on a little group of 17 Saints who, quoting from the Complaint submitted by Janet Reno, are accused of the following?

30. One group of Defendants, which included, on information and belief, Defendants Gabriel, Heldreth, Newman, Odell, Reynolds, Rygg, Tyree, and White knelt in a cluster in the walkway of the main entrance, within the lines of clinic escorts who stood along the perimeter of the walkway. Thus positioned, these Defendants blocked ingress and egress to the main clinic entrance.

31. Another group of Defendants, including on information and belief Defendants Alaw, McGlade, McIntyre, and Turk, as well as other protesters, stood shoulder to shoulder in front of the line of clinic escorts who were securing the secondary entrance. Thus positioned, these Defendants blocked ingress and egress. to the secondary front entrance.

32. As a result of the obstruction, clinic staff locked the main entrance.

33. Defendant Mahoney stated to Defendant Goodman that protesters were needed at the clinic back entrance. After conferring with Defendant Benham, Defendants Henderson and Goodman led several Defendants, including, on information and belief, Defendants Alaw, McClade, and Turk from their position blocking access to the secondary entrance to the clinic's back entrance.

34. At the back entrance, clinic escorts were already. standing in a semicircle to preserve access to the gate.

35. The Defendants, including, on information and belief, Alaw, McGlade,.and Turk who had been le d to the back entrance stood shoulder to shoulder in front of the clinic escorts who had formed a semicircle at the gate. Defendant Turk had already stationed himself in this area. Other protesters stood scattered in the alley. Thus positioned, Defendants attempted to block ingress and egress to the back clinic entrance and made ingress and egress unreasonably difficult or dangerous.

36. A short time later, Defendant Goodman led the Defendants who stood at the back entrance to the front of the property.

37. On information and belief, on return to the front entrance, Defendants McGlade, Alaw, McIntyre, Turk and Mahoney sat or stood shoulder to shoulder along the width of the secondary front entrance. Thus positioned, Defendants blocked ingress and egress to the secondary clinic entrance.

Does this sound like a crime worthy of the attention of the Attorney General of the most powerful country in the world? No, in fact, it is not being treated as a crime. Janet Reno is using taxpayer resources to sue these Saints in civil court on behalf of private businesses who have every right to sue civilly using their own resources rather than the taxpayer resources.

What is so special about these particular businesses? Why do they attract all this protection of the federal government? Where was the Justice Department back in the sixties when all those people were blockading lunch counter businesses in the south? Why did the federal government celebrate the blockading of these businesses by putting a lunch counter from Greensboro, North Carolina in the Smithsonian Institution? I wonder how long it will be before the federal government puts an abortion clinic door in the Smithsonian along side that lunch counter?

Why does the Attorney General of the most powerful country in the world resort to hand written summons? Doesn't that really look professional? Is this a sign of disarray?