Keyes takes values message to Sycamore

SYCAMORE - U.S. Senate candidate Alan Keyes called this morning for a return to the Christian values upon which he said the United States is based and warned that things like gay marriage and abortion represent grave threats to America. "That God exists and his authority commands respect from all human beings," Keyes said before a packed banquet room at the Carls Fargo Restaurant, "that is the premise of the American way of life." In an emotional speech peppered with religious references, Keyes said he would stand against efforts to take prayer out of school, for instance, and to otherwise propel the separation of church and state. He acknowledged that his strong stance on social issues wasn't necessarily what Republican Party leaders urged