1.0Beliefnet Newshttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/newsshuanghttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/news/author/shuangMethodists Won't Block Bush Library at SMUrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="YBpOuSwy2h"><a href="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/news/2008/07/methodists-wont-block-bush-lib">Methodists Won’t Block Bush Library at SMU</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/news/2008/07/methodists-wont-block-bush-lib/embed#?secret=YBpOuSwy2h" width="600" height="338" title="“Methodists Won’t Block Bush Library at SMU” — Beliefnet News" data-secret="YBpOuSwy2h" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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McClatchy-Tribune Information Services An effort by some Methodists to block the George W. Bush Presidential Center from coming to Southern Methodist University failed Wednesday, though clergy and lay leaders wrestled with the issue for almost four hours at a regional conference in Dallas. The United Methodist Church’s South Central Jurisdiction, which owns SMU, has been…