The ratings and shares for the January 17 episode of "Nothing Sacred" were 4.1/7. Only one show on the major networks, "Cracker" (which follows "Nothing Sacred"), did worse. This episode of "Nothing Sacred" attracted less viewers than any previous show. William Donohue, Catholic League president, commented as follows: "It can’t get any better than this. ABC [...]
James Hormel, nominated by President Clinton as U.S. Ambassador to Luxembourg, has shown such a gross insensitivity to Roman Catholics that it should disqualify him from holding public office. During the 1996 San Francisco Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Pride Parade, Hormel gave his tacit endorsement to the anti-Catholic group, Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence (the group has [...]
Catholic League president William Donohue offers his thoughts on the January 17 episode of ABC’s "Nothing Sacred": "There is no doubt that ‘Nothing Sacred’s directors, writers and actors are caught in a time warp; their reactionary lament for the 1960s suggests a clinical disorder not easily treated. Yet when the bishop discusses with Father Ray the [...]
by Rick Hinshaw (Catalyst 1/1998) It is now 25 years since the Supreme Court declared unborn children to be non-persons, opening the floodgates to a slaughter of innocent human life unprecedented in our nation's history. Pro-life people were horrified by Roe vs. Wade. They foresaw the mass destruction of pre-born life which it would unleash; and they [...]
International Home Foods, Inc. has said that it "will no longer willingly advertise commercials adjacent to or within the ABC program, ‘Nothing Sacred.’" It becomes the 35th company to withdraw sponsorship of the show. The company advertised PAM on the fifth episode of the show. Those who previously quit are: Isuzu, Weight Watchers, K-Mart, Benckiser, DuPont, Red [...]
In a remarkable article in today’s Los Angeles Times, columnist Howard Rosenberg reveals the tumult over "Nothing Sacred" that Disney, ABC and Twentieth Century Fox are enduring. ABC has apparently decided not to air a show about a gay priest who has AIDS. Originally scheduled to air as the second episode, this particular show has been put [...]
Anti-religious bigotry has struck two campuses of the State University of New York (SUNY). In November, SUNY-New Paltz hosted a conference entitled, "Revolting Behavior: The Challenges of Women’s Sexual Freedom." Widely discussed for its obscene exhibitions, the conference also targeted Orthodox Jews and Catholics: both were mocked and humiliated in a most callous way. Then last [...]
