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<DIV><FONT size=4 face="comic sans ms,sans-serif">Please join co-chairs Cornel
West and Rosemary Ruether signing this petition </FONT><FONT
face="Comic Sans MS"><FONT size=4>defending </FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"><FONT size=4>the academic freedom of Dr. Marc
Ellis, a dissident Jewish voice and Palestine solidarity
activist.</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<P><STRONG><FONT color=#000000 size=4 face="comic sans ms,sans-serif">Sign
petition here</FONT></STRONG>: <A
href="http://www.change.org/petitions/kenn-starr-clinton-nemesis-and-president-of-baylor-stop-persecution-against-prof-marc-ellis"
target=_blank>http://www.change.org/petitions/kenn-starr-clinton-nemesis-and-president-of-baylor-stop-persecution-against-prof-marc-ellis</A></P>
<DIV>See video clip of Marc Ellis speaking at OISE-University of Toronto during
2009 cross Canada speaking tour organized by Independent Jewish Voices (IJV): <A
href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZ3PPAAH9FI"
target=_blank>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZ3PPAAH9FI</A></DIV>
<P><STRONG><FONT face="comic sans ms,sans-serif">Background (from the
petition</FONT></STRONG>):</P>
<P>Kenn Starr former Clinton White House nemesis and President of Baylor
University, to dismiss dissident Jewish voice Dr. Marc Ellis.</P>
<P>For more than three decades the prophetic voice of Marc Ellis has influenced
generations of academics and activists. His dissident voice in the realm of
contemporary Jewish identity and his theology of solidarity with Palestinians
has been encouraged by numerous scholar-activists including Noam Chomsky, Edward
Said, Desmond Tutu and the two of us, Rosemary Ruether and Cornel West.</P>
<P>Unfortunately this voice is now being silenced at Baylor University where
Marc has served with distinction for almost fifteen years as University
Professor and Director of the Center for Jewish Studies. With the approval of
Kenneth Starr, President of Baylor University, Marc Ellis is under internal
investigation in what looks more and more like a persecution to silence a Jewish
voice of dissent. In short, Baylor is re-writing its rules to dismiss Marc Ellis
from the faculty.</P>
<P><STRONG><FONT face="comic sans ms,sans-serif">We, the undersigned, request
President Starr to honor Dr. Ellis' academic freedom and stop all hostility
toward him, including any attempt at dismissal.</FONT></STRONG> </P>
<P>Join us signing this petition. Cornel West and Rosemary Radford Ruether
(co-chairs of the committee)</P></DIV></BODY></HTML>