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To: Road Walker who wrote (208178)	10/22/2004 5:14:48 PM
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Desmond Tutu offers advice to Florida voters The Associated Press JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Former South African Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu has asked Florida voters to consider which presidential candidate could "return your country to be a beacon of freedom and peace." Tutu, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984, released an open letter Wednesday to the residents of Florida. He urged Florida voters "to consider your vote not in terms of whether the individual is a Democrat or a Republican but whether he can lead your nation with wisdom and return your country to be a beacon of freedom and peace for the world." Tutu served as scholar-in-residence at the University of North Florida for the spring semester of 2003. A spokesman for the school released the letter on Tutu's behalf, although the university was not responsible for it. Tutu emphasized the international importance of the election. "The role Florida plays may be as pivotal in this election as in the last election," Tutu wrote. "To those of us outside the United States, the election will be an important key to the future of peace and stability in the world." Tutu has been critical of the war in Iraq. He wrote: "It is no secret that I believe the war in Iraq has been a disastrous humanitarian mistake." The church leader who was instrumental in bringing down apartheid in South Africa, served as a scholar-in-residence at the University of North Florida for the spring semester of 2003. He became the first black Anglican bishop of Johannesburg in 1983 and later the first black archbishop of Cape Town. Jacob DiPietre, a spokesman for Gov. Jeb Bush, said he could not comment on the political aspects of Tutu's letter. "The governor believes that the American people will vote their conscience." Tutu's letter also offers his condolences to people hit by Florida hurricanes. "I am deeply saddened to learn of the death and destruction visited upon your beautiful state by a series of hurricanes this season," Tutu said. "Please know my prayers are with you as you struggle to recover."