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University gives back $21.5M from donor who urged Alabama boycott over abortion law
« on: June 08, 2019, 01:14:59 am »
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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The University of Alabama board of trustees voted Friday to give back $21.5 million from a philanthropist who urged students to boycott the school over the state's controversial abortion law, and then promptly removed his name from the campus' law school named in his honor.

Hugh F. Culverhouse Jr. said the school was punishing him for urging students to consider other educational options in the state. He pledged last year to donate $26.5 million in all over four years --  in what would have been the largest donation in the school's 187-year history.

"I expected this response from UA," Culverhouse said in a statement to Fox News. "I will not allow my family's name to be associated with an educational system that advocates a state law which discriminates against women, disregards established federal law and violates our Constitution."
https://www.foxnews.com/us/university-will-give-back-21-5m-from-donor-who-urged-alabama-boycott-over-abortion-law

And they removed his name from their law school.


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Re: University gives back $21.5M from donor who urged Alabama boycott over abortion law
« Reply #1 on: June 08, 2019, 01:18:39 am »
Outstanding! Morality NOT for sale.
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Re: University gives back $21.5M from donor who urged Alabama boycott over abortion law
« Reply #2 on: June 08, 2019, 11:58:04 pm »
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Re: University gives back $21.5M from donor who urged Alabama boycott over abortion law
« Reply #3 on: June 09, 2019, 12:02:45 am »
Not only did Hugh Culverhouse SR own the worst team in the history of sports (The Tampa Bay Bucs), he also spawned a dickhead of a son.  if Hugh could go back in time and correct one mistake...wear a damn condom.
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