Monthly Archives: January 1997

SAN FRANCISCO MAYOR SHOWS INTOLERANCE FOR CATHOLICISM

By |2017-03-20T17:58:45-04:00January 31st, 1997|Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: |

Willie Brown, the mayor of San Francisco, is at war with the city's archdiocese. By forcing Catholic Charities to abide by a domestic partnership bill, Brown has demonstrated his intolerance of the Catholic Church. Under the bill, any organization that contracts with the city must provide health, pension and other benefits to its employees. Archbishop Levada [...]

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GORE MAKES VEILED ATTACK ON CATHOLIC CHURCH

By |2019-09-20T19:58:08-04:00January 24th, 1997|Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: |

On January 22, the 24th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, Vice President Al Gore spoke before the National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League (NARAL) delivering a decidedly pro-choice speech. Labeling the pro-life side "anti-choice," Gore insinuated that the Catholic Church was responsible for the large volume of abortions in the U.S. Gore claimed that those who [...]

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CATHOLIC LEAGUE SATISFIED WITH RALPH REED’S STATEMENT

By |2012-10-18T19:42:52-04:00January 13th, 1997|Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: |

Last month, the Catholic League issued a news release on a new book by John Wheeler, Jr., Earth's Two Minute Warning. In the book, Wheeler, a former editor at the Christian Coalition, made comments regarding Catholicism that the league labeled "Catholic baiting." The league was disturbed that the book carried a blurb by Ralph Reed that indicated [...]

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HOUSE OF BLUES PULLS LOGO AFTER CATHOLIC PROTEST

By |2017-03-20T17:58:45-04:00January 6th, 1997|Categories: Catalyst, Front Page|Tags: |

The famous nightclub chain, House of Blues, bowed to Catholic pressure by announcing that it will remove its logo and replace it with a new one. The logo had been the Sacred Heart of Jesus, a symbol that is deeply meaningful to Roman Catholics. But now, after a protest lodged by the Archdiocese of Chicago and [...]

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MISUSE OF SACRED HEART DRAWS RESPONSE

By |2017-03-20T17:58:45-04:00January 6th, 1997|Categories: Catalyst, Front Page|Tags: |

Routledge, the distinguished publishing company, recently released a book on the late rock star, Elvis Presley, that drew fire from the Catholic League. The league objected to the cover illustration: it featured Elvis as the Sacred Heart of Jesus. The book, Elvis After Elvis: The Posthumous Career of a Living Legend, has nothing to do with the [...]

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HOLLYWOOD’S MORAL CODE

By |2017-03-20T17:58:45-04:00January 6th, 1997|Categories: Catalyst, From The President's Desk|Tags: |

At the end of February, I will be going to Hollywood to score a few points for our side. Jeffrey Katzenberg, who is a partner with Steven Spielberg and David Geffen in DreamWorks, has invited me to preview a new movie, Prince of Egypt. Scheduled for release in November 1998, it is an animated film whose story [...]

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BIASED ADS HURTS STORY

By |2017-03-20T17:58:45-04:00January 6th, 1997|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

The CBS affiliate in Cleveland, WOIO, recently aired a two-part series titled, Pedophile Priests. Immediately after the show was aired on November 17-18, William Donohue wrote to station manager Thomas Griesdorn expressing his views. He was principally concerned with the way the show singled out priests and the way the show was advertised. The response that Donohue [...]

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WHY NOT SPONSOR A PRIEST OR NUN?

By |2017-03-20T17:58:45-04:00January 6th, 1997|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

For the past several months, the Catholic League has been fortunate to have an anonymous person secure members for us from the mid-west. Whoever it is, he or she has requested that we advise our members to sponsor a priest or nun interested in the league’s work so that they might receive Catalyst. If you know of [...]

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CRÈCHES MAKE COMEBACK

By |2017-03-20T17:58:46-04:00January 6th, 1997|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

Every December the Catholic League presses its case that crèches should adorn the public square. From public parks to public schools, league activists have succeeded in getting the authorities to recognize that it is unfair to deny the placement of a crèche when space has been provided for menorahs. This past December was no different. Reports [...]

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HOWARD STERN DISCOVERS BIGOTRY

By |2012-06-06T20:45:11-04:00January 6th, 1997|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

Radio talk show guru Howard Stern is infamous for many reasons, not the least for his Catholic bashing. For example, on many occasions, Stern has libeled priests by making sweeping generalizations on the basis of a few wayward members of the clergy. He has a particular fondness for branding all priests as pedophiles. It was with [...]

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