{"id":3590,"date":"2007-09-20T13:38:35","date_gmt":"2007-09-20T19:38:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/impeach_bush_blog\/?p=3590"},"modified":"2017-05-21T03:49:08","modified_gmt":"2017-05-21T09:49:08","slug":"15-methodist-bishops-5-clergy-on-petition-to-reject-bush-smu-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/09\/15-methodist-bishops-5-clergy-on-petition-to-reject-bush-smu-library\/","title":{"rendered":"15 Methodist Bishops, 5 Clergy on Petition to Reject Bush SMU Library"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"dallas_smu.jpg\"<\/a>AN OPEN LETTER TO SMU PETITION SIGNERS
\n
\nI am Andrew J. Weaver, the organizer of the petition at www.protectSMU.org<\/a> — an ordained United Methodist minister and research psychologist living in New York. There are now over 10,800 petition signers from every state, including several hundred graduates of SMU. To place a partisan “Freedom Institute” on the campus of a university owned by the United Methodist Church (UMC) to “polish” Bush’s legacy and “promote” his polices, over which Southern Methodist University or the UMC will have no oversight, is utterly unacceptable. THE FIGHT IS NOT OVER AND HERE’S WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP:
\n1. If you are a United Methodist, petition the General Conference of the UMC to pass a resolution objecting to the partisan Bush institute at SMU. General Conference will meet in Fort Worth from April 23-May 2, 2008. Any member of the UMC can submit a petition. The deadline is Oct. 26, 2007. Below is the form with instructions. If you send in a petition, please forward a copy to me at ajweaver711@aol.com.<\/p>\n

Link:
\nSubmission Form<\/p>\n

2. Below is a list of all the newly elected members of the South Central Jurisdictional Conference, representing the 1.83 million United Methodists in the region. These representatives will meet in Dallas, July 15-19, 2008. They can say NO to Bush and refuse to allow him to use the land at SMU, even after Bush declares SMU is his choice. THE SOUTH CENTRAL JURISDICTION OF THE UMC OWNS THE UNIVERSITY. About 30 percent of these delegates are progressives who will likely vote against the partisan Bush institute. We need to inform and recruit 21 percent of the moderate delegates to block the project.<\/p>\n

Link:
\nDelegates 2008<\/p>\n

“\u00a2 Call your Annual Conference office (see below) and ask for the addresses and\/or phone numbers of the delegates from your Conference who will attend the Jurisdictional Conference. This will include both General Conference delegates and Jurisdictional Conference delegates. If these United Methodists understand what Bush is demanding, I believe they will vote down the project.<\/p>\n

“\u00a2 Write these delegates (or call them) and ask that they not ratify the report of the jurisdictional Mission Council which includes the Mission Council’s approval of SMU leasing part of its property for the building of the George Bush library and partisan policy institute. The South Central Jurisdiction’s own rules provide that decisions of the Mission Council may not extend beyond the next regular session of the Jurisdictional Conference unless approved by the action of the Jurisdictional Conference.<\/p>\n

3. Read the research article below (“Moving the Bush Bubble to the Big D”) to give you more information regarding the history and inside workings which led to this irresponsible decision. Also forward this article to your Jurisdictional Conference delegates. Link to Information on the SMU Bush Project: http:\/\/www.mediatransparency.org\/story.php?storyID=196<\/p>\n

4. Continue to encourage your friends and colleagues to sign the petition. Each person is important. We need to tell officials of the UMC at every level that we find an official association with George W. Bush to be unacceptable.<\/p>\n

With best regards,
\nRev. Andrew J. Weaver, Ph.D.<\/p>\n

DALLAS EPISCOPAL AREA
\nBishop Alfred L Norris
\n16475 Dallas Parkway Ste 680
\nAddison, TX 75001-6216
\nPhone: (214) 522-6741
\nFax: (214) 528-4435
\nEmail: ntcbishop@sbcglobal.net
\nNORTH TEXAS ANNUAL CONFERENCE<\/p>\n

FORT WORTH EPISCOPAL AREA
\nBishop Ben R Chamness
\n464 Bailey Avenue
\nFort Worth, TX 76107-2153
\nPhone: (817) 877-5222
\nFax: (817) 332-4609
\nEmail: bishop@ctcumc.org
\nCENTRAL TEXAS ANNUAL CONFERENCE<\/p>\n

HOUSTON EPISCOPAL AREA
\nBishop Janice Riggle Huie
\n5215 South Main Street
\nHouston, TX 77002-9792
\nPhone: (713) 521-9383
\nFax: (713) 529-7736
\nEmail: Bishop.Huie@txcumc.org
\nTEXAS ANNUAL CONFERENCE<\/p>\n

KANSAS EPISCOPAL AREA
\nBishop Scott J Jones
\n9440 East Boston Suite 160
\nWichita, KS 67207-3603
\nPhone: (316) 686-0600
\nFax: (316) 684-0044
\nEmail: kansasbishop@kswestumc.org
\nKANSAS EAST ANNUAL CONFERENCE
\nKANSAS WEST ANNUAL CONFERENCE<\/p>\n

LOUISIANA EPISCOPAL AREA
\nBishop William W Hutchinson
\n527 North Boulevard
\nBaton Rouge, LA 70802-5720
\nNationwide Toll Free Phone: (888) 239-5286
\nPhone: (225) 346-1646 ext 212
\nFax: (225) 387-3662
\nEmail: lcumc@bellsouth.net
\nLOUISIANA ANNUAL CONFERENCE<\/p>\n

MISSOURI EPISCOPAL AREA
\nBishop Robert C Schnase
\n3601 Armon Court
\nColumbia, MO 65202
\nNationwide Toll Free Phone: (877) 736-1806
\nPhone: (573) 441-1770
\nFax: (573) 441-0765
\nEmail: JPowell@moumethodist.org
\nMISSOURI ANNUAL CONFERENCE<\/p>\n

NEBRASKA EPISCOPAL AREA
\nBishop Ann Brookshire Sherer
\n2641 North 49th Street
\nLincoln, NE 68504-2899
\nPhone: (402) 466-4955
\nFax: (402) 466-6793
\nEmail: bishopsherer@umcneb.org
\nNEBRASKA ANNUAL CONFERENCE<\/p>\n

NORTHWEST TEXAS-NEW MEXICO EPISCOPAL AREA
\nBishop D Max Whitfield
\n11816 Lomas Boulevard NE
\nAlbuquerque, NM 87112-5614
\nNationwide Toll Free Phone: (800) 678-8786
\nPhone: (505) 255-9361
\nFax: (505) 255-8738
\nEmail: mbelu@nmconfum.com
\nNEW MEXICO ANNUAL CONFERENCE
\nNORTHWEST TEXAS ANNUAL CONFERENCE<\/p>\n

OKLAHOMA EPISCOPAL AREA
\nBishop Robert E Hayes Jr
\nPO Box 60467
\nOklahoma City, OK 73146-0467
\nPhone: (405) 530-2025
\nFax: (405) 350-2040
\nEmail: cberry@okumc.org
\nOKLAHOMA ANNUAL CONFERENCE
\nOKLAHOMA INDIAN MISSIONARY ANNUAL CONFERENCE<\/p>\n

SAN ANTONIO EPISCOPAL AREA
\nBishop Joel N Martinez
\nPO Box 781688
\nSan Antonio, TX 78278-1688
\nPhone: (210) 408-4500
\nFax: (210) 408-4501
\nEmail: bishop@umcswtx.org
\nRIO GRANDE ANNUAL CONFERENCE
\nSOUTHWEST TEXAS ANNUAL CONFERENCE<\/p>\n

ARKANSAS EPISCOPAL AREA
\nBishop Charles N. Crutchfield
\n2 Trudie Kibbe Reed Dr
\nLittle Rock, AR 72202-3770
\nPhone: (501) 324-8001
\nFax: (501) 324-8021
\nEmail: bishopcnc@arumc.org
\nARKANSAS ANNUAL CONFERENCE<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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