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ACLU opposes creation of 'Catholic town'
msnbc.msn.com ^ | Feb. 22, 2006

Posted on 03/01/2006 8:05:15 AM PST by grundle

ACLU opposes creation of 'Catholic town'

Domino's Pizza founder wants to build new town with 'Catholic values'

ACLU opposes creation of 'Catholic town'

Feb. 21: The Situation's Tucker Carlson asks Howard Simon, the Executive Director of Florida's ACLU, why his group is trying to stop the founder of Domino's pizza from building a town with Catholic values, and pharmacies that may not stock contraceptives.

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MSNBC

Updated: 3:45 p.m. ET Feb. 22, 2006

If you could build a town from scratch, what would it look like? Tom Monaghan, the founder of Domino‘s Pizza, wants a towering Roman Catholic Church at the center of his proposed new town. He also prefers people who have the same religious beliefs as he does. He wants them to move into his aptly named Ave Maria, Florida.

There‘s one group standing in the way of Monaghan‘s lifelong dream, the American Civil Liberties Union, of course. Howard Simon is the executive director of Florida‘s ACLU. He joined Tucker Carlson from Miami.

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: 1stamendment; aclu; aclulist; atheism; catholic; catholictown; christophobia; dominospizza; firstamendment; freedomofassociation; freedomofreligion; libertarians; ramapo
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To: grundle

I was waiting for this.

Go Tom Monaghan!


61 posted on 03/01/2006 11:00:09 AM PST by Salvation (†With God all things are possible.†)
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To: grundle

Now there's a surprise for ya. The Anti-Christian Lawsuit Union is offended by the existence of anything even remotely Christian. It's a wonder they haven't tried to run off the Amish yet.


62 posted on 03/01/2006 11:03:26 AM PST by Antoninus (The only reason you're alive today is because your parents were pro-life.)
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To: grundle

bump


63 posted on 03/01/2006 11:49:59 AM PST by VOA
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To: grundle

Shhhhhh don't tell the geniuses at the ACLU what the real names of some of the towns in the southwest stand for. Here are the translations in English:

San Francisco, California - Saint Francis, California
Los Angeles, California - City of the Angels, California
San Jose, California - Saint Joseph, California
San Antonio, Texas - Saint Anthony, Texas
Santa Cruz, California - Holy Cross, California
Sacramento, California - Holy Sacrament, California

Etcetera, etcetera, etcetera.




64 posted on 03/01/2006 12:26:21 PM PST by seawolf101
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65 posted on 03/01/2006 9:18:57 PM PST by Coleus (Roe v. Wade and Endangered Species Act both passed in 1973, Murder Babies/save trees, birds, algae)
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66 posted on 03/02/2006 12:01:26 AM PST by freepatriot32 (Holding you head high & voting Libertarian is better then holding your nose and voting republican)
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To: grundle

I wonder if the ACLU has issues with the Amish towns in the Pennsylvania area. I think not.


67 posted on 03/02/2006 5:34:48 AM PST by al_c
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Obviously, I was late to this conversation. Carry on then.


68 posted on 03/02/2006 5:35:47 AM PST by al_c
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To: VRWCmember

Beat me to it.


69 posted on 03/02/2006 6:56:56 AM PST by AuH2ORepublican (http://auh2orepublican.blogspot.com/)
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To: seawolf101

You forgot Corpus Cristi (in Texas), which means "The Body of Christ."

And LA's full name is El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles sobre el Río Porciuncula, which means "The Town of Our Lady the Queen of the Angels on the River Porciuncula."


70 posted on 03/02/2006 7:03:59 AM PST by AuH2ORepublican (http://auh2orepublican.blogspot.com/)
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To: Coleus

Incidently, as a NYer, I have no problem with the numerous Orthodox Jewish towns in Rockland County. I say this without getting into the fact that they voted 99% for Hillary Clinton after her husband pardoned their leaders who were being indicted for scamming federal education funds.


71 posted on 03/02/2006 8:02:14 AM PST by presidio9 ("Bird Flu" is the new Y2K Virus -Only without the inconvenient deadline.)
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To: presidio9; Clemenza

"Incidently, as a NYer, I have no problem with the numerous Orthodox Jewish towns in Rockland County. I say this without getting into the fact that they voted 99% for Hillary Clinton after her husband pardoned their leaders who were being indicted for scamming federal education funds."



That was just that one town in that one election, after the Clintons bought their support by pardoning some members of the community that had established a phony yeshiva to steal public funding. The Orthodox voters in Rockland are overwhelmingly Republican, and they came out in full force for President Bush in 2004, which was one of the main reasons why President Bush's vote percentage in Rockland County increased from 39.52% in 2000 to 49.63% in 2004.

I would be willing to wager that the Orthodox town in Rockland County that voted heavily for Gore and Hillary in 2000 was located in Ramapo Township, in which Bush improved his performance from 33.08% in 2000 to 50.31% in 2004. In fact, I looked for the precincts in Ramapo that voted the most heavily for Gore, and precincts 55 and 58 held Bush to just 1.87% and 1.68%, respectively, in 2000. In 2004, Bush got a whopping 98.74% in precinct 55 and 99.12% in precinct 58. I don't believe I need to do any further digging to come to the conclusion that (i) those two precincts were the ones that covered the Orthodox town in which the Clintons bought nearly unanimous support in 2000 in return for presidential pardons, and (ii) no other precinct in America saw President Bush increase his vote percentage by 97% from 2000 to 2004.


72 posted on 03/02/2006 9:41:34 AM PST by AuH2ORepublican (http://auh2orepublican.blogspot.com/)
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To: AuH2ORepublican

Again, I don't really care how these religious towns vote in state or national elections. I absolutely support their right to exist wether they are Republican, Democrat, Communist, Catholic, Jewish, Amish, or Branch Davidian. What I have a problem with is the ACLU's double standard.


73 posted on 03/02/2006 9:49:14 AM PST by presidio9 ("Bird Flu" is the new Y2K Virus -Only without the inconvenient deadline.)
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To: grundle

If the ACLU has a problem with this, then they should have a problem with every housing group that has homeowner's associations with strict bylaws.

NOBODY will be forced to live in Ave Maria, Florida. It will be voluntary...it will be for those who wish to live with like-minded individuals.


74 posted on 03/02/2006 9:57:27 AM PST by kidd
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To: presidio9

I wonder if the catholics will put up an eruv?


75 posted on 03/07/2006 9:24:02 PM PST by Coleus (What were Ted Kennedy & his nephew doing on Good Friday, 1991? Getting drunk and raping women)
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