http://www.metafilter.com/tags/Ave_Maria_Town Posts tagged with 'Ave_Maria_Town' at MetaFilter. Tue, 28 Feb 2006 16:26:48 -0800 Tue, 28 Feb 2006 16:26:48 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/49607/My%2DTown%2DMy%2DRules Say what you want about Tom Monaghan, he thinks big. He built a <a href="http://www.dominos.com/Public-EN/" title="Domino's Pizza">big company</a>, he's got a <a href="http://www.avemarialist.org/">big agenda </a>, he wanted to build a <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/comments.mefi/14286">big Jesus</a>, and now he's building a whole new town. That would be the town of <a href="http://www.avemaria.com/">Ave Maria, Florida</a>, -- home to <a href="http://www.naples.avemaria.edu/">Ave Maria University</a>, , but <a href="http://msnbc.msn.com/id/11434439/site/newsweek/">that's not all</a> - welcome to America's newest mini-theocracy: "You won't be able to buy a Playboy or Hustler magazine in Ave Maria Town. We're going to control the cable television that comes in the area. There is not going to be any pornographic television in Ave Maria Town. If you go to the drug store and you want to buy the pill or the condoms or contraception, <a href="http://www.opinionjournal.com/taste/?id=110007536">you won't be able to get that in Ave Maria Town</a>." aturally, this has run him afoul of <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11499702/">Florida's ACLU</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2006:site.49607 Tue, 28 Feb 2006 16:26:48 -0800 Ave_Maria_Town Ave_Maria_U catholicism Domino's floridafilter theocracy Tom_Monaghan contessa