Discuss “Inconsistent morals from Duquesne University”
Planned Parenthood ads advocating sex education, including abstinence education, were pulled from WDUQ, Duquesne University’s public radio station, on Oct. 10. The call was ultimately made by the university’s president, Charles J. Dougherty, who stated that the organization’s goal didn’t agree with the university’s Catholic doctrine. After pulling the ad, the university returned $5000 in donated funds.
While underwriters (organizations that donate money in exchange for on-air promotion) are not the station’s only source of funding, non-profits certainly don’t have room to be picky. And it does not seem that WDUQ is picky — 44 business and organizations are listed on the station’s website as having made a “substantial donation”...
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