A group of Methodists across the country have launched a new effort to stop President Bush from establishing his presidential library at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. Opponents say the library should be voted on by hundreds of delegates at a conference of the regional jurisdiction that owns the school. But school officials say they can ignore the delegate vote, because they already have approval of a ten-person board. Officials with President Bush’s foundation, including his brother Marvin Bush, have said the library would further the goals of the Bush White House and would be answerable only to the foundation, not the university. Opponents say they’ve already collected more than 11,000 signatures against the library and have the support of around 35 percent of the delegate vote.
Methodists Want Delegates to Vote on Bush Presidential Library
HeadlineJan 30, 2008