{"id":935,"date":"2008-09-15T17:20:43","date_gmt":"2008-09-15T17:20:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/news\/2008\/09\/methodist-bishop-rejects-chall.php"},"modified":"2008-09-15T17:20:43","modified_gmt":"2008-09-15T17:20:43","slug":"methodist-bishop-rejects-chall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/2008\/09\/methodist-bishop-rejects-chall","title":{"rendered":"Methodist Bishop Rejects Challenge to Bush Library"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Daniel Burke<br \/>\nReligion News Service<\/strong><br \/>\n(RNS) President Bush&#8217;s proposed library at Southern Methodist University cleared another hurdle after an Oklahoma bishop refused to reject the plan, according to the United Methodist Church.<br \/>\nOklahoma Bishop Robert E. Hayes said it was a matter of secular, not church, law at this point, the United Methodist News Service reported.<br \/>\n&#8220;I do not believe I have before me a proper request for a ruling on church law,&#8221; Hayes wrote in a Aug. 12 decision, according to UMNS.<br \/>\nThe denomination&#8217;s South Central Jurisdictional Conference, which owns the Dallas-based University, approved the lease of campus land in July.<br \/>\nThe George W. Bush Presidential Center will house a presidential library, museum and policy institute. The 36-acre center is expected to cost $500 million.<br \/>\nProgressive Methodists, including faculty members at SMU&#8217;s Perkins School of Theology, have fought the plans at every step. They argue that some Bush administration policies, such as the war in Iraq, contradict Methodist beliefs.<br \/>\nBush and first lady Laura Bush are both United Methodists; Laura Bush graduated from SMU in 1968.<br \/>\nHayes&#8217;s decision will now be reviewed by the denomination&#8217;s high court, the United Methodist Judicial Council.<br \/>\n<em>Copyright 2008 Religion News Service.  All rights reserved.  No part of this transmission may be distributed or reproduced without written permission.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Daniel Burke Religion News Service (RNS) President Bush&#8217;s proposed library at Southern Methodist University cleared another hurdle after an Oklahoma bishop refused to reject the plan, according to the United Methodist Church. Oklahoma Bishop Robert E. 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