May 29, 2001
The Catholic League has asked 75 Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Muslim, Mormon and Buddhist organizations to join us in boycotting Showtime. The boycott is being called because of our dissatisfaction with VIACOM CEO Sumner Redstone’s refusal to condemn the Catholic bashing associated with the Showtime film, “Sister Mary Explains It All.” It... [Read more...]
FEDERAL APPEALS COURT AFFIRMS STUDENT PRAYERMay 24, 2001
A federal appeals court today has again ruled that public school students have the right to choose a fellow classmate to give a prayer at a high school graduation; the case involves Duval County in Florida. The ruling makes it clear that school officials have no control over the selection of who is to speak or what the speaker says. Last June, the... [Read more...]
ABERCROMBIE & FITCH BARES MORE THAN ITS BIGOTRYMay 23, 2001
The Spring Break 2001 catalog of Abercrombie & Fitch resembles a porn magazine aimed at teenagers. It also bashes Catholicism. Inscribed on the plastic cover of the catalog is “A&F XXX Adventure: Get Wet Set & Go on Spring Break.” The publication, which retails for $6 in most parts of the country and $12 in New York, features... [Read more...]
ABORTION PROPAGANDA UNMASKEDMay 23, 2001
In last month’s Catalyst, we ran a story on how Dr. Wayne Goldner told Fox News host Bill O’Reilly that there were more abortions in the 1950s than there are today. While no one knows for sure how many illegal abortions took place before it was legalized in all 50 states in 1973, we do know the number of legal abortions that took place in those... [Read more...]
ATHEISTS KEEP BUSYMay 23, 2001
Every year American Atheists hold their annual convention on Easter weekend. They do so because they think they’ll garner big media attention at a time when reporters are dying for a story. And every year they go home disappointed. But it least it fills their time. After all, if you believed in nothing and had nothing to do—at a time when most everyone... [Read more...]
FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY FEELS THE HEAT OVER PLAYMay 23, 2001
The Terrence McNally play that depicts Christ having sex with the twelve apostles, “Corpus Christi,” was performed at Florida Atlantic University (FAU), March 28-31. Research disclosed that FAU has programs aimed at students who are Thai, Haitian, Chinese, African American, women, gays and Jews. Indeed, the same week it hosted “Corpus... [Read more...]
ETERNAL WORLD GOSPELMay 23, 2001
Everywhere they go, we go. Like a fly that just won’t go away, the Catholic League shadows the Eternal World Gospel in its tracks. When they succeed in placing one of their anti-Catholic ads in a newspaper, we write to the publisher pointing out our objections, asking that no more of these ads be accepted. In most cases we win, and that is why the... [Read more...]
FANNING THE FIRES OF HELLMay 23, 2001
There are some things that people do that are so wicked that it is hard to believe that they are not deliberately fanning the fires of hell. Take, for example, an article written by Tristan Taormino, a lesbian ex-Catholic who hates Jesus. In a piece that appeared in the April 17 edition of the Village Voice (a sexplicit rag given away for free in... [Read more...]
FLORIDA EDUCATION CHIEF SOUNDS OFFMay 23, 2001
On April 12, Charlie Crist, Florida’s Commissioner of Education, sent a strong letter of protest over the decision of Florida Atlantic University to host the controversial play, “Corpus Christi”; it was sent to many interested parties. An excerpt appears below: How could administrators at FAU have shown such poor judgement in spending... [Read more...]
GO-GO’S RIP OFF CATHOLIC IMAGERYMay 23, 2001
The rock group, the Go-Go’s, will release a new CD May 15, entitled, “God Bless the Go-Go’s.” The five female singers, who were popular in the 1980s, have posted a website (www.gogos.com) that is replete with Catholic imagery. On the home page, all five women are dressed as the Virgin Mary. They are dressed the same way on another page,... [Read more...]