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Vice President Mike Pences scheduled commencement speech at the University of Notre Dame has prompted a protest by senior students who say that Pence's presence on campus will make them "feel unsafe."

Students Immane Mondane and Jourdyhn Williams have started a #NotMyCommencementSpeaker campaign against Pence's May 21 address.

The campaign consists of students holding white boards featuring quotes from Pence that are "racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, offensive, or ostracizing" to members of the Notre Dame community.

For me personally, [Pence] represents the larger Trump administration, Mondane told the university's newspaper. His administration represents something, and for many people on our campus, it makes them feel unsafe to have someone who openly is offensive but also demeaning of their humanity and of their life and of their identity.

Williams argued that the selection of Pence as the universitys commencement speaker goes against the schools Catholic mission.

I feel that is offensive to such a large population here at Notre Dame, and I also believe it goes against certain Catholic Social Teaching, which is something the University likes to broadcast that it stands behind, but it picks and chooses when it wants to stand behind them, Williams said.

In addition to the #NotMyCommencementSpeaker campaign, a number of student groups have spoken out against the invitation of Pence, including the Diversity Council and the College Democrats, according to Campus Reform.

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Vice President Mike Pence is scheduled to deliver the commencement address at the University of Notre Dame.

But thats not sitting well with some of the students, Campus Reform reports.

Students ImmaneMondane and Jourdyhn Williams are agitating to cancel that invitation with a #NotMyCommencementSpeaker hashtag that will feature students holding white boards with direct quotes from Pence that are racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, offensive, or ostracizing to members of our community.

Campus Reform reports that the students add, You may also write about why you feel unsafe with the presence of Mike Pence on our campus.

With all the white boards collected, the organizers plan to share them on social media and start a discussion about Pences invitation.

For me personally, [Pence] represents the larger Trump administration, Mondane said. His administration represents something, and for many people on our campus, it makes them feel unsafe to have someone who openly is offensive but also demeaning of their humanity and of their life and of their identity.

So just what make a students feel unsafe with Pence being on campus? One whiteboard reveals the awful truth, quoting the vice president as supporting traditional marriage, Congress should oppose any effort to put gay and lesbian relationships on an equal status with heterosexual marriage.

The organizer say they hope their initiative will start a campaign that will go beyond the white, conservative Catholic Norte Dame university that they attend.

I feel that is offensive to such a large population here at Notre Dame, and I also believe it goes against certain Catholic Social Teaching, which is something the University likes to broadcast that it stands behind, but it picks and chooses when it wants to stand behind them, Williams stated.

The anti-Pence campaign is just another insult to the Trump administration. The legendary Catholic university has historically invited the president of the United States in his first term of office. This year, apparently fearing student protest, the university invited Pence instead.

But the universitys efforts to pre-empt protest have proved unsuccessful. Besides the social media demonstration, other student groups are opposing the Pence invitation, including the Diversity Council and the College Democrats.

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SANIBEL ISLAND, Fla-- Vice President Mike Pence and his wife are enjoying a week-long vacation on Sanibel Island. Pence first arrived over the weekend but he briefly left for DC on Monday to watch Neil Gorsuch be sworn into the Supreme Court.

On Sunday night, the couple was seen eating at The Timber. The owner, Matt Asen said Pence has been stopping in his restaurant for years.

Bob Averill and Georgina Emery were dining at the restaurant when the Pence's showed up. I got frisked a couple of times. They took my Swiss Army knife, which I always carry with me. It was no big deal. I had to run back down to the car a couple times, said Averill.

That's when Averill decided to use the experience as an opportunity. I ran down to my car and got our little flier for the secret service gentlemen to give him, said Averill.

Averill and Emery own Islander Trading Post, an antique shop just a few blocks from where the Pence's are staying. The couple said giving him a private tour would be a dream come true.

They aren't the only ones hoping to meet the Vice President. Id shake his hand and tell him keep up the good work, said a visitor.

Vacationers said word has spread that Pence is in town. Secret Service has blocked off the street where the family is staying. Coast Guard is keeping watch from the water. Other than a church service and a dinner on Sunday night, visitors and residents said they haven't seen much of him or his wife.

Air restrictions are in place until the 16th. However, several reports have him leaving Saturday to head overseas for work.

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Pecking Order Fried Chickens Bridgit Stone-Budd welcomes Vice President Mike Pence to Sanibel Island, Fla., on Saturday with an invite for fried chicken, waffles and fried pickles on the house. Patricia Borns/news-press.com

The plane (Air Force Two) of U.S. Vice President Mike Pence lands Saturday at Southwest Florida International Airport in Fort Myers, Florida. Pence is believed to be visiting Sanibel Island over the weekend.(Photo: Kinfay Moroti/news-press.com)Buy Photo

It hasnt been officially confirmed.

However, circumstances point to Vice President Mike Pence returning to Southwest Florida and his presumed vacation shortly after 6 p.m., following a day trip to Washington, D.C.

This was more than an hour past the window of time listed in an FAA "Notice to Airmen" for a temporary restriction on air space use near Southwest Florida International Airport.

And, the plane that a handful of people saw land from a nearby observation lot wasnt the huge 747 jet Pence arrived in on Saturday.

Instead, it was a much-smaller Air Force Gulfstream jet, said Daniel Felton. Hes a commercial pilot who lives nearby, and thought he might catch a glimpse of the arrival from the observation lot on the airfields north side.

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Why is Felton convinced that indeed was the jet carrying Pence? Besides the plane'smarkings, Felton sawthe cars lined up on Chamberlin Parkway and Air Cargo Lane, stopped by law enforcement officers shortly after the Gulfstream landed and a small motorcade sped from Private Sky Aviation Services toward Daniels Parkway.

Also, there was the ear-piercing siren blast that sounded before and after its landing.

That, Felton said, signaled a ground stop of all aircraft operations, which is probably very usual when youre dealing with VIPs such as the president or the vice president.

Felton also noted that aircraft size does not make a particular plane Air Force Two. A vice president of the United States traveling aboard makes it Air Force Two.

If Monday's motorcade indeed carried Pence, he would have returned to Sanibel in time for one of its belovedwaterfront sunsets.

Pence arrived in Southwest Florida on Saturday, and rode in a motorcade to Sanibel Island.

On Sunday morning, he attended the 8 a.m. service at Sanibel Community Church.

Based on aNotice to Airmen posted concerning a temporary restriction on air space use, it appeared that Air Force Twowould return to RSW sometime between 3:30 p.m. and 4:45 p.m.

That time window passed before the Air Force Gulfstream was sighted. And as of 5:30 p.m. Monday, no new notice had been posted on the FAA website.

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A professor who specializes in religious studies at University of California, Los Angeles says President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence represent troubling trends in American Christianity.

Professor Carla Pestana of UCLA published Arrogant Christians In The White House over the weekend for The Huffington Post, which warns of a future America shaped by the fundamentalist Christian views of Mr. Pence and Mr. Trumps self-indulgence.

Pence adheres to biblical literalism. Put simply, this view asserts that the Bible is a transparent document, one that prescribes specific behavioral guidelines, Ms. Pestana wrote Saturday. Its arrogance lies in the hubris of those who believe that only their chosen answers are correct. Its potential to harm others comes when adherents gain political power and force their mandates on nonbelievers. One of the many dangers emanating out of the Trump White House is the power of Pence to impose not his religion but the behaviors his religion dictates onto the rest of us.

The professor, who currently teaches History of Religion in U.S., then analyzed Mr. Trumps faith as something akin to the prosperity theology adopted by some Christians.

Trumps religion, although very different, is similarly alarming, she wrote. Unsurprisingly Trump accepts a religious viewpoint that tells him he is uniquely awesome. Whatever he has however he acquired it God wants him to enjoy to the fullest. Although traditional Christian social practice mandates that believers exercise humility, charity and other virtues that put others before self, Trumps faith rejects all curbs on self-indulgence and self-aggrandizement.

Quotes by the president and vice president to buttress the professors claims were not provided.

Mr. Pence, a lawyer and Indianas former governor, has a long track record of stating his respect for the U.S. Constitution and the rule of law.

The presidency must adhere to its definition as expressed in the Constitution, and to conduct defined over time and by tradition, Mr. Pencesaid while addressing Hillsdale College students on Sept. 20, 2010. While the powers of the office have enlarged, along with those of the legislature and the judiciary, the framework of the government was intended to restrict abuses common to classical empires and to the regal states of the 18th century.

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