Tuesday, February 21, 2006

Halfway to Heaven

"A Catholic millionaire's dream town draws fire." says the subhead, but, contra Genesis 19:28-29, it's just a figure of speech.

Susannah Meadows reports in Newsweek that discouraging the sale of contraceptives in Tom Monaghan's Ave Maria Town development has drawn criticism.

The ACLU of Florida is worried about how he's playing the game. "It is completely naive to think this first attempt [to restrict access to contraception] will be their last," says executive director Howard Simon. Armed with a 1946 Supreme Court opinion that "ownership [of a town] does not always mean absolute dominion," Simon will be watching Ave Maria for any signs of Monaghan's request's [sic] becoming a demand. Planned Parenthood is similarly alarmed.

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