The Catholic Diocese of Duluth rescinded an invitation to Sister Helen Prejean (Dead Man Walking) to speak at an October fundraiser. Prejean was uninvited after her name appeared in an advertisement urging the impeachment of President Bush.
. . . Prejean said the ad properly criticizes Bush's 'reckless pursuit of war in Iraq, which has helped to destabilize the entire Middle East; his approval of torture; his zealous promotion of imprisonment and executions; his fiscal policies which make the wealthy people more wealthy and poor people poorer.'
The ad also criticized Bush's stand against abortion and contraception. Prejean has since asked to have her name removed from the ad because she does not agree with its stand on abortion.
Prejean's name is no longer listed on the online version of the advertisement, but several other authors have endorsed it, including Malachy McCourt, Viggo Mortensen, Grace Paley, Francine Prose, Cristina Page, Harold Pinter, Douglas Rushkoff, Sapphire, Gary Soto, Gore Vidal, Kurt Vonnegut, Alice Walker, Howard Zinn, Saul Williams, Philip Levine, Jonathan Kozol, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Eve Ensler, Ariel Dorfman, Chris Crutcher, Harvey Pekar, Studs Terkel, Lewis Lapham and Russell Banks.
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