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Why Tom Golisano Believes in Ave Maria University

2/23/2010

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do not comport with those which he holds today. Some within certain segments of the Catholic blogging community were only too eager to point out those positions of the past."


One thing about Tom Golisano is very clear: Through his B. Thomas Golisano Foundation, he has been a generous philanthropist. He has donated more than 6 percent of his net worth ($1.3 billion) to charity. Much of his wealth has gone to universities, health care, Catholic education, science education, and services for people with developmental disabilities. (Golisano has a handicapped son himself.)

It's unfortunate that some Catholic bloggers have used their disagreements with AMU over Golisano to cast doubts on Tom Monaghan's and the university's pro-life credentials. Whatever one might think about Monaghan, his commitment to the protection of innocent life is beyond reproach. His perseverance in the face of a boycott against Domino's Pizza by pro-abortion activists is a matter of public record.

So all of that leaves us here: Tom Golisano, a pro-life Catholic, gave $4 million to Ave Maria University, a pro-life Catholic college. What's so bad about that?
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Deal W. Hudson is the director of InsideCatholic.com and the author of Onward, Christian Soldiers: The Growing Political Power of Catholics and Evangelicals in the United States (Simon and Schuster).

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