05/21/05

President Bush on Saturday championed faith in American society, but ran into some criticism as courted his Christian base in a commencement speech at a Michigan college. ... [Calvin College] describes itself as a 'center of faith-anchored liberal arts teaching and scholarship,' and Bush has aggressively sought to reinforce his support among religious conservatives who helped deliver him a reelection victory in 2004. But anti-Bush ads that ran in the local newspaper, protests outside the event and buttons worn on graduates' robes made clear that many students and faculty objected to Bush's policies. 'We believe your administration has launched an unjust and unjustified war in Iraq,' said a letter signed by about one-third the college's 300 faculty members and published in Saturday's Grand Rapids Press...

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Informant: Thomas L. Knapp