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Thursday, May 01, 2008

Vote on Main Motion ADOPTED 844-20

SMU Bush Presidential Library Rejection (80089-MH-NonDis)
I hereby petition the UMC General Conference to prevent leasing, selling, or otherwise participating in or supporting the presidential library for George W. Bush at Southern Methodist University.

Updated:

The Dallas blog Pegasus News is reporting that the "governing body of the United Methodist Church has come out against the George Bush Library being constructed on the campus of Southern Methodist University."

Only problem is it isn't true. Instead of approving a petition against the library, the UMC General Conference on Wednesday voted 844-20 to refer the matter to the South Central Jurisdiction's conference scheduled for July in Dallas.

The jurisdiction's mission council gave SMU permission in March 2007 to lease out part of the campus for the library complex. The annual conference routinely passes all mission council actions, but some within the church are trying to force an open debate and vote on whether to ratify the agreement.

Comments

Childish.


Obama/Biden is not change. It’s more of the same.

Kenny on May 2, 2008 at 12:40 am

Painful truth


“If a conservative is still a republican after the last 13 years, he is blind to the fact that his party of choice has failed him utterly.” – Realitybasedbob

realitybasedbob on May 2, 2008 at 06:01 am

Meh.  A no-brainer.  The petition is typical of hundreds which the Methodist Conference will receive, on a whole range of liberal subjects.

The Bush Library will be housed at Southern Methodist.


"Here lies, in honored glory, an American soldier, known but to God.”

“Glory is not a conceit. It is not a decoration for valor. Glory belongs to the act of being constant to something greater than yourself, to a cause, to your principles, to the people on whom you rely, and who rely on you in return.”
Senator John McCain, Faith of Our fathers

pparets on May 2, 2008 at 06:25 am

pparets says “A no-brainer.  The petition is typical of hundreds which the Methodist Conference will receive, on a whole range of liberal subjects.”

“A no-brainer” If you’re talking about “W”, I can’t argue with that.

As for the U.M.C. conference having a whole range of petitions, that may be true, but God bless them if they are regularly voting 98% for the liberal positions to 2% for the conservative.

Rev. Ray Dubuque, retired U.M.C. and founder of Liberals Like Christ : see http://LiberalslikeChrist.org

Rayosun on May 2, 2008 at 08:03 pm

Rayosun:  My comment was a statement of fact only. I leave judgements to others… like you.


"Here lies, in honored glory, an American soldier, known but to God.”

“Glory is not a conceit. It is not a decoration for valor. Glory belongs to the act of being constant to something greater than yourself, to a cause, to your principles, to the people on whom you rely, and who rely on you in return.”
Senator John McCain, Faith of Our fathers

pparets on May 2, 2008 at 08:27 pm
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