Although I am not a religious person at all, I did graduate from a Methodist university (Texas Wesleyan). That's one reason I was so disappointed that a sister Methodist school, Southern Methodist University, has chosen to be the host university for the Bush Library.
The Methodists aren't like some of the other churches that sponsor schools. They allow their students and faculty to have a lot of freedom in thought and action. Academic freedom is valued and not stifled by the church.
It seems incongruous that an open and modern university would forever tie themselves to the worst president ever -- a man known for his secretiveness, dishonesty and inability tolerate a dissenting opinion. It looks like I'm not the only person who feels that way.
A group of Methodist ministers is trying to stop the library from being built on the SMU campus. They feel the library promotes the policies of the Bush administration -- policies that conflict with church teachings. And they have a petition with the signatures of 11,000 who agree with them.
They are asking the school to wait until July, when the 290 delegates of the church's South Central Juristiction meet. They want this juristiction to make the final decision. I doubt if they have much chance to stop the library since the university seems to have made up its mind, but I applaud their efforts.
It's just sad to see this great university tar their reputation by celebrating the dishonest administration of George Bush.
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