Domino's Pizza founder to bankroll Catholic town

Posted by Lindsay Beyerstein at 11:20 AM on March 2, 2006.

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John Aravosis points to the latest antics of the American Taliban:

Dominos Pizza founder Thomas S. Monaghan is putting up $250 million to build a Catholic town--a planned community like Disney's Celebration, Florida. Except, far from being the happiest place on earth, Ave Maria, FL will be a place where you won't be able rent porn, or buy birth control, or get an abortion. Residents will be able to admire the "worlds largest crucifix" in their town center. The ACLU says the project is unconstitutional and is considering legal action.

Florida Gov. Governor Jeb Bush, himself a convert to Catholocism, says ominiously that Ave Maria could be "a new kind of town where faith and freedom will merge to create a community of like-minded citizens."

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Lindsay Beyerstein a New York writer blogging at Majikthise.

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Pizzaville [Report this comment] Posted by: oreo on Mar 2, 2006 5:50 AM Current rating: Not yet rated [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] Re:Dominos Pizza founder to bankroll Catholic town Article posted by Lindsay Beyerstein at 4:03 AM on March 2, 2006. What's next - Allahville? Yidville? Bornagainville? Whiteville? Blackville? Republicanville? Democratville? Leftville? Rightville? Is this the great american dream? "I have lots of money, an idea, and much too much idle time on my hands". [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] Jesusland [Report this comment] Posted by: trampoline on Mar 2, 2006 7:27 AM Current rating: Not yet rated [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] Eh, more power to'em. I don't have a problem with a bunch of Catholics living in the same place. Just build a wall around that place. Or encourage secession. [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] PleasantVille [Report this comment] Posted by: ashchandler on Mar 2, 2006 7:44 AM Current rating: Not yet rated [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] I'm sure all of us have always thought of how cool it would be to have a perfect town. This guy is just fufilling his dream. I'm sure if I had as much money as him, I would make one too. Except that there would be no cars and no streets and no shoes. It is in fact illegal though. He shouldn't have told anybody. Now all the catholics are going to want to move there. Even me a baptist wants to move there. [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] rover [Report this comment] Posted by: Roverton on Mar 2, 2006 8:28 AM Current rating: Not yet rated [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] DOMINO-THEORY PIZZA. Pizza Piety in 30 minutes or your mortgage is free. [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] » RE: rover Posted by: mmeetoilenoir » RE: rover Posted by: Roverton Order pizza from Mom & Pop shop [Report this comment] Posted by: ihatebush on Mar 2, 2006 9:05 AM Current rating: Not yet rated [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] I never did like those cardboard Domino's pizzas. I haven't ordered one in more than ten years. My suggestion to progressives is to order your pizzas from your local Mom & Pop pizzeria instead of right wing corporate stores like Domino's and Pizza Hut. Let your money speak for you. [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] Ave Maria Homeowners' Association [Report this comment] Posted by: picaresque on Mar 2, 2006 1:06 PM Current rating: Not yet rated [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] One can only imagine the Homeowners' Association at such a community, making sure that everyone gets to mass, doing spot checks in sock drawers & under mattresses for unauthorized pornography and using bloodhounds to track the scents of latex & birth control pills. I would guess that the community would end up being a hotbed of repressed perversion, like Blue Velvet or Desperate Housewives, only with a giant crucifix in the town square. The mind reels... I'd encourage a boycott of Domino's Pizza, only I don't know anyone willing to eat that wonderbread, ketchup & velveeta crap. [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] YA CANT CALL THAT CRAP 'PIZZA' [Report this comment] Posted by: chanceny on Mar 2, 2006 1:58 PM Current rating: Not yet rated [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] It's a beautific image. Sunlit skies, chirping birdies, non-gay flowers, golden crosses criss-crossing golden arches gleaming in the golden sun and, praise whomever, The Right Reverend Jeb Bush, his golden robes fluttering as the warm breeze wafts up his .... yech! But, at least they will all be in one place, containment was never so satisfying. Only similar minded cultists awarded admittance. Bar the doors to the ungodly realists and their unholy minds. I like it a lot! We'll all know where not to exit off the highway, kinda like we did in Waco! I think all franchises serving his monkey-made'pizza' should fold up and open again in the one town so deserving of their delicacies. They could use the leftover crust just in case they run low on communion wafers. See, finally a match made in heaven! [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] Of Money and Mouths [Report this comment] Posted by: Wacre on Mar 3, 2006 6:41 AM Current rating: Not yet rated [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] Not that I need a reason not to purchase pizza from Domino's anyway. I have always thought that their pizza was too dry and lacking in that essential oiliness essential to the pizza-enjoyment experience. I am really big on not supporting companies (and/or individuals) that do things detrimental to the world/body politic, though like most things it's a matter of chosing your battles carefully. [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] rover [Report this comment] Posted by: Roverton on Mar 13, 2006 4:35 PM Current rating: Not yet rated [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] Eminent Domino-Main? 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