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As if having Disney's Celebration, Florida, wasn't enough, now Domino's Pizza founder and conservative Christian Tom Monaghan is planning a town near the Everglades that will operate based on Christian principles. The town of Ave Maria will be built in southwest Florida, in the Naples/Immokalee area, and town regulations may prohibit such no-nos as abortion, birth control and pornography, a recent Times article reported. The town will also be the site of Ave Maria University, the first Catholic university built in the U.S. in 40 years. The university will house 5,000 of the estimated 30,000 total residents planned for Ave Maria when it starts being a town in 2007.