Monthly Archives: April 2004

BISHOPS HAVE FREE SPEECH RIGHTS

By |2017-03-20T17:56:04-04:00April 15th, 2004|Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: |

Catholic League president William Donohue spoke to the issue of Catholic bishops exercising their free speech rights in an election year: “Senator John Kerry is getting endorsed by Protestant ministers in African Methodist Episcopal churches and almost no one complains.  But when Catholic bishops discuss what to do about Catholic politicians who never stand up for [...]

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DNC’S NEW WEBSITE DEVOID OF ANTI-CATHOLIC LINK

By |2012-10-12T18:07:55-04:00April 13th, 2004|Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: |

On April 8, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) unveiled its new website.  Gone from the site is the links page which directed users to various allied organizations.  Among them was an anti-Catholic group, Catholics for a Free Choice.  Catholic League president William Donohue commented on the new webpage today: “For the past two years, the Catholic [...]

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KERRY CAN’T DODGE CATHOLIC ISSUE

By |2012-10-12T18:07:58-04:00April 12th, 2004|Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: |

 Catholic League president William Donohue commented today on Senator John Kerry’s inability to dodge the issue of his Catholicism: “In today’s newspapers, all the buzz is over John Kerry’s voting record on abortion and whether this should disqualify him from receiving Holy Communion.  But this is not Kerry’s biggest problem with the Catholic Church.  The question [...]

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KERRY DEFIANTLY REJECTS CHURCH TEACHINGS

By |2017-03-20T17:56:04-04:00April 6th, 2004|Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: , |

As reported in today’s New York Times, Senator John Kerry got defiant yesterday when told that some are unhappy with the way his voting record departs from Church teachings.  Kerry wanted to know who they are, challenging reporters to “name them.”  He pointedly asked, “Are they the same legislators who vote for the death penalty, which is [...]

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ROLE OF RELIGION PLAGUES KERRY

By |2012-10-12T18:08:03-04:00April 5th, 2004|Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: |

 According to today’s Washington Post, Senator John Kerry attended services yesterday at Charles Street AME Church in Boston’s Roxbury district (inexplicably, he also took communion at the Protestant church).  From the pulpit, Rev. Gregory G. Groover introduced Kerry as “the next president of the United States.”  And from today’sWashington Times, we learn that Kerry continues to duck questions regarding [...]

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MEDIA INTEREST IN KERRY’S CATHOLICISM GROWS

By |2012-10-12T18:08:05-04:00April 2nd, 2004|Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: |

Catholic League president William Donohue commented as follows: “The Catholic League does not possess a theological micrometer that judges, with digital precision, how ‘good’ a Catholic is.  Furthermore, it is not our business anyway.  But it is also true that we will not pretend disinterest in subjects that touch on the issue of Catholics in public [...]

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