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...spite of tensions, the agenda of costumed pageantry, fife-and-drum music, jet overflights and solemn oratory came off with scarcely a hitch, thanks in part to security arrangements so heavy that when the congressional special rolled into Philadelphia's 30th Street station, eight or so diners found themselves imprisoned for 15 minutes in a nearby McDonald's after police blocked all the restaurant's exits...
Despite facing a maximum penalty of five years in prison for each of the felony charges, Sanctuary activists seemed undaunted. Said the Rev. John M. Fife, 46, of Tucson's Southside United Presbyterian Church, a co-founder of the movement and one of the eight* convicted defendants: "I plan for as long as possible to continue to be the pastor of a congregation that has committed itself to providing...
...intimidated INS, which intends to continue prosecuting clergy and church workers who offer sanctuary to illegals. Another trial is scheduled to begin next month in Brownsville, Texas; Defendant Stacey Merkt is a Methodist. But the prosecutions, far from stemming the movement, have given it new prominence. Says Presbyterian Fife: "Tens of millions of Americans who never knew this was an issue now know about it. And they know it is a major church-state issue, probably the major one of the 1980s...
They had a wedding in Mayberry last week. Barney Fife (Don Knotts), decked out in his best city-slicker suit, finally walked down the aisle with his longtime heartthrob Thelma Lou. A beaming Andy Taylor (Andy Griffith), Barney's old friend and ex-boss, was the best man. Even Gomer Pyle (Jim Nabors) was on hand to lead the red-robed choir...
...meetings and sometimes even participated in transporting fugitives. An ecumenical coalition is pressing a civil suit, which will be heard in December in San Francisco, against INS Commissioner Alan Nelson and U.S. Attorney General Edwin Meese, charging that government prosecutions interfere with Sanctuary workers performing their religious duties. Says Fife: "This is the first time in the history of our nation that the Government has acknowledged under oath that it has infiltrated church worship services and Bible study sessions with paid agents...