"We the undersigned express our objection to the prospect of the George W. Bush library, museum, and think tank being established at Southern Methodist University. As United Methodists, we believe that the linking of his presidency with a university bearing the Methodist name is utterly inappropriate. We urge the Board of Trustees of Southern Methodist University and the South Central Jurisdiction of The United Methodist Church to reject this project."
Why?
Bishop's Speak Out Against Bush's Library
CrossLeft
by Stephen Rockwell
February 1, 2007
“The placement of the George W. Bush Library and the establishment of an Institute to promote the policies of this president at Southern Methodist University would be a tragedy.” said Bishop William Boyd Grove. “The policies of the Bush administration are in direct conflict with the Social Principles of the United Methodist Church on issues of war and peace, civil liberties and human rights, care for the environment and health care. SMU is a university of the church, and is home to one of our outstanding theological seminaries. Its Methodist identity and its moral authority would be seriously compromised were it to be identified with the policies of George W. Bush in this way”.Read more ...
Methodist council approves land lease for Bush library
The SMU Daily Campus
by Mark Norris, Editor In Chief
March 20, 2007
"While students hit the slopes or laid out on the beach during Spring Break, SMU moved one step closer to finalizing a deal for the George W. Bush Library complex.
"The Mission Council of the United Methodist Church's South Central Jurisdiction approved the lease of land on campus in a 10-4 vote. There was one abstention." More ...
Keep up-to-date on the commotion at The Bush Library Blog
COMMENTARY ~ After 5 years, a broken military, broken Constitution, broken laws and broken troops ...
McClatchy Newspapers
by Joseph L. Galloway
March 21, 2007
"No doubt the contractors who are bloated like ticks on the billions they've sucked out of the public trough will write the checks to build George W. Bush a really fine presidential library on the campus of Southern Methodist University.
"All of it will be a lie, just like the lies his administration told to beat the war drums five years ago.
"How will the curators portray the broken military, the broken Constitution, the broken laws, the forever broken troops who came home missing limbs or eyes or pieces of their brains, the broken promises to cherish and care for the families of those who were killed and those very wounded veterans?
"How will they portray the corruption, both real and spiritual, that this man and his accomplices have visited upon a nation and a people who once could be proud of their place in this world?
"How and why did so many Americans, including so many in Congress and in the media, sit idly by while so much that was precious to us was bent and twisted and broken by men who had the power and the money to do the right things but chose to do the wrong things?" Full article ...
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