Methodist Ministers Try To Stop Bush Library
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Methodist Ministers Try To Stop Bush Library
Some Methodist ministers are launching a PR campaign to try to stop construction of the George W. Bush Presidential Library at SMU.
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(May 21, 2008)--Some Methodist ministers are launching a PR campaign to try to stop construction of the George W. Bush's Presidential Library and an associated think tank at Southern Methodist University.

Library opponents have hired a Maine public relations firm to design ads for Methodist publications.

The Rev. Andrew Weaver of Brooklyn, N.Y. says the goal is informing people about the center's partisan think tank.

Weaver says some Methodists believe Bush policies including the war with Iraq and torture of foreign prisoners conflict with church teachings.

Critics are launching the campaign before July's meeting of the United Methodist Church's South Central Jurisdiction, which owns the land for the Bush complex.

Last year a smaller church council authorized SMU to lease land to the Bush Foundation for the complex and SMU officials say that's all the approval needed.

Baylor University was among the finalists for the library, but the president and first lady passed on the local bid in favor of locating the complex at Mrs. Bush’s alma mater.

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Posted by: Brian on May 23, 2008 at 04:51 PM

Good luck to them but I think it is too late. SMU, Methodists, and historic mainstream Christianity in general (as opposed to fundamentalists) have been opposed to wars except in the most dire of circumstances. Mac, Maybe you should call your church the crack house cause I think you are on crack. Patriot, Wow encouraging gays and lesbians to join your church and opening up leadership positions to all people. Pure Evil.
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Posted by: susiebw Location: kempner on May 22, 2008 at 10:24 AM

Gosh I'm glad I am a Baptist!
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Posted by: Mac Location: TX on May 22, 2008 at 09:41 AM

Perhaps, these Methodist ministers, should call their church, meth church. They got to be on something, no one is that stupid.
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