Methodists: No Bush library at SMU

DALLAS — A group of Methodist ministers from across the nation launched an online petition drive Thursday urging Southern Methodist University to stop trying to land George W. Bush's presidential library.

The petition, on a newly created Web site, http://www.protectsmu.org, says that "as United Methodists, we believe that the linking of his presidency with a university bearing the Methodist name is utterly inappropriate."

"Methodists have a long history of social conscience, so questions about the conduct of this president are very concerning," said one of the petition's organizers, the Rev. Andrew J. Weaver of New York, who graduated from SMU's Perkins School of Theology.

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Thanks for the heads up, I'll be signing that petition! I can't think of anyone less deserving of a library than Bush. Unless, of course they sink it next to the Titanic. Both perfect examples of monumental and disastrous failures.