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Monday, June 10, 2019

University of Alabama trustees vote to refund $26M gift over abortion ban controversy

The University of Alabama gave back a philanthropist’s $26.5 million donation and took his name off the law school Friday, a week after he called on students to boycott the institution over the state’s restrictive new abortion ban.

Hugh F. Culverhouse Jr., a 70-year-old Florida real estate investor who didn’t attend the school, said he has no doubt the board of trustees acted in response to his remarks.

And he complained that the state of Alabama was only reinforcing its reputation as “the land of the backward,” full of “hicks.”

University officials denied the decision had anything to do with Culverhouse’s stand on the abortion law, and said it was prompted by his attempts to dictate how the cash should be spent.

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8 comments:

Anonymous said...

Good! Let these killers know they can't dictate what happens just because of their money. And their personal insults have repercussions. Stand up!

Anonymous said...

This is a good thing. The academic elite are biting the hand that feeds them. Beginning of the end for these HATE AMERICA so called professors.

Anonymous said...

LOL their loss.

Anonymous said...

Good. Please put that money to use somewhere that needs it. Talk about being short sighted. Hopefully others will not donate to the school moving forward as they must have way to much already.

Anonymous said...

2:04 Or they just have the guts to stand up and defend their beliefs🤷‍♀️ All in how you look at it 2:04.

Anonymous said...

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UA will be just fine without his money.

Anonymous said...

Nice to see a college with traditional American values.

Anonymous said...

there was a time when slaves were consider less then human and allowed to suffer all kinds of horrible treatment. Then we became enlightened and put a stop to it! yet we still treat the unborn as less then human! are we really enlightened as a society?