Pro-Life Leaders Jailed Over Protest at Focus on the Family

The Colorado Independent
The longstanding feud between hard-line abortion foes American Right to Life Action and Focus on the Family founder James Dobson came to a head in a Colorado Springs courtroom Thursday. Rev. Bob Enyart, a pastor at Denver Bible Church, was sentenced to nine days in the city pokey after refusing to pay a $400 fine for trespassing on the Focus campus. Enyart, his brother Brian and fellow Denver Bible Church pastor Kenneth Scott were convicted May 8 in a one-day trial after the trio staged a Sept. 4 protest in the reception area of the multi-million dollar Christian ministry and publishing empire.
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Activists Jailed Over Trespassing at Focus
The Gazette
COLORADO SPRINGS -- Colorado Springs municipal judge today jailed two anti-abortion activists after they refused to pay a fine for trespassing at the Focus on the Family headquarters. Judge Spencer A. Gresham sentenced Kenneth Scott to 11 days in jail and Rev. Bob Enyart to nine days for their role in a Sept. 4 protest against Focus on the Family founder James Dobson's decision to endorse GOP presidential candidate John McCain. Gresham also fined Enyart's brother Brian $100, which he agreed to pay.

Posted by Editor at June 12, 2009 05:30 AM