What Do Olympia Snowe and Jay Rockefeller Fear?
For Release: November 10, 2006 Contact: David Almasi at (202) 543-4110 x11 or HYPERLINK “http://farns9.iserver.net/imanager/wizards/mm_compose.cgi?mpos=&msort=by_date&mrange=100&mbox=&send_to=dalmasi@nationalcenter.org” \o “Compose New Message: dalmasi@nationalcenter.org” \t “linkWin” dalmasi@nationalcenter.org Statement of National Center Vice President David Ridenour on the Joint Letter by Senators Jay Rockefeller and Olympa Snowe to ExxonMobil CEO Rex W. Tillerson Washington, D.C. – Nicolas Copernicus was condemned for suggesting that the sun, rather than the earth, was the center of our universe. The Catholic Church feared such knowledge could undermine the belief that Man was God’s most important creation, and ultimately, undermine Church authority. Giordano Bruno was persecuted and ultimately burned at the stake for arguing that space extended beyond our solar system. Again, the Church feared such knowledge would undermine its teachings and authority. William Harvey was ridiculed
