October 29, 2001
Two major developments regarding the perennial issue of prayer in the schools occurred today. The U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear a challenge to a state law in Virginia requiring a minute of silence in the schools. On the legislative front, Rep. Ernest Istook of Oklahoma announced that he plans to reintroduce a constitutional amendment that would... [Read more...]
SENATORIAL HOPEFUL MALIGNS CATHOLICISMOctober 29, 2001
James D. Oberweis is expected to announce his candidacy for a U.S. Senate seat in Illinois within the next week. Oberweis, who is a Republican Catholic businessman, has said that his concerns about abortion should not be translated into law. On October 28, he was quoted to have said, “I think the Taliban is the best example we’ve ever had about... [Read more...]
IRS ASKED TO REVOKE TAX-EXEMPT STATUS OF SISTERS OF PERPETUAL INDULGENCEOctober 25, 2001
The Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights has petitioned the Internal Revenue Service to revoke the tax-exempt status of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. The league’s position is that the Sisters have long been in violation of the law that allows non-profits a tax-exempt status. Catholic League president William Donohue commented on this... [Read more...]
WORLD GIRL SCOUT LEADER ACTS AS FEEDER FOR ANTI-CATHOLIC GROUPOctober 23, 2001
Leslie Wright is the Team Coordinator of the New York group that represents the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) at the United Nations; Girl Scouts USA is a member of WAGGGS. Last week she cooperated with an anti-Catholic group, Catholics for a Free Choice (CFFC), helping them to secure new personnel. Catholic League director... [Read more...]
WITNESS TO WAR: WORLD TRADE CENTER BOMBINGOctober 23, 2001
The following is a statement written by Catholic League president William A. Donohue: On September 11, the Catholic League staff looked out the window and saw the World Trade Center’s Twin Towers collapse right before our eyes. It was October a year ago that the Catholic League’s national headquarters was relocated to 450 7th Avenue in New... [Read more...]
CATHOLIC LEAGUE TV AD WITHDRAWNOctober 23, 2001
Beginning Monday, September 17, the Catholic League was scheduled to run an ad on television. But due to the national crisis, the ad has been withdrawn. Catholic League president William Donohue commented as follows: “We were ready to air a one-minute ad on TV aimed at getting new members, but due to the terrorist attacks on the United States,... [Read more...]
AGENDA POLITICSOctober 23, 2001
Unfair judgments are made all the time. But there is a profound difference between judgments that are unfair due to error and judgments that are unfair due to calculation. We must tolerate the former but never the latter. With regard to the work of the Catholic League, it is the difference between those who are wrongheaded and those with an agenda. Let... [Read more...]
BILL SEEKS GAG ORDER ON ABORTION PROTESTERSOctober 23, 2001
On August 21, the New York City Council debated Bill NO. 645-A that seeks to limit the free speech rights of abortion protesters outside abortion clinics. The bill, introduced by council member Kathryn Freed, would make it illegal for abortion protesters to pass out leaflets or handbills to an unconsenting person outside abortion facilities. It would... [Read more...]
TESTIMONY OF THE CATHOLIC LEAGUE PROPOSED Int. 645-AOctober 23, 2001
League president William Donohue wrote the following testimony. League communications director, Patrick Scully, read it on August 21 before the New York City Council. “The Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights is the nation’s largest Catholic civil rights organization. We defend individual Catholics against discrimination and the Church... [Read more...]
BISHOPS RESPOND TO MILLER BREWINGOctober 23, 2001
In the September Catalyst, there was a story regarding a particularly crude and bigoted attack by Howard Stern on Catholic priests. We wrote to every bishop in the nation asking him to write a letter of protest to Miller Brewing Company (owned by Philip Morris), Stern’s most prominent sponsor. The following bishops wrote to us saying they would join... [Read more...]