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To: Amos the Prophet
This begins by witholding support from the founding denomination of Duke, the United Methodist Church.
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I didn't know that. I thought Duke University was founded by Doris Duke the heiress in New Jersey.

36 posted on 06/28/2009 8:51:51 AM PDT by wintertime (People are not stupid! Good ideas win!)
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To: wintertime; Amos the Prophet
This begins by witholding support from the founding denomination of Duke, the United Methodist Church.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
I didn't know that. I thought Duke University was founded by Doris Duke the heiress in New Jersey.


It was named after Washington Duke, a prominent tobacco industrialist, one of several early founders.

Here is a description of Duke's ongoing relationship with the Methodist Church. Read it and weep.

47 posted on 06/28/2009 10:43:23 AM PDT by Albion Wilde ("Shouldn't there be equal time for our Bill of Responsibilities?" -- Justice Clarence Thomas)
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