Monthly Archives: September 2006

MEL’S CRITICS SMELL BLOOD

By |2019-09-23T19:56:05-04:00September 7th, 2006|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

Here's what some critics said about Mel Gibson, following his arrest incident: ●   July 30, agent Ari Emanuel in the Huffington Post: "People in the entertainment community, whether Jew or gentile, need to demonstrate that they understand how much is at stake in this by professionally shunning Mel Gibson and refusing to work with him, even [...]

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HAPPY ENDING IN ORLANDO

By |2017-03-20T17:55:12-04:00September 7th, 2006|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

A significant part of what we do here at the Catholic League involves clearing up historical or theological errors believed about the Church. Some anti-Catholic canards (e.g. Pope Pius XII was "Hitler's Pope," the Church stifles scientific inquiry, etc.) we see time and again as they are held tightly by their proponents. Some of those who [...]

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HBO’S “LUCKY LOUIE” IS BARBARIC

By |2017-03-20T17:55:12-04:00September 7th, 2006|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

Blasphemy often follows obscenity, and HBO's sitcom "Lucky Louie" has been obscene from the first episode. So Catholics were due. Here's a sample of the first nine episodes of the show: ●   Louie, the main character, is found masturbating in a broom closet. ●   Louie does not want to get his wife pregnant until they figure [...]

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MORE PHONY BALONEY

By |2013-05-29T19:27:39-04:00September 7th, 2006|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

Ever since Dan Brown made a splash with the Da Vinci Code, the kooks have been coming out of the woodwork. The latest is Kathleen McGowan. In her novel, The Expected One, she claims to be a descendant of Jesus and Mary Magdalene. In other words, she is from the "sacred bloodline" that Brown made famous. What proof [...]

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STEM CELL DEBATE GETS UGLY

By |2017-03-20T17:55:12-04:00September 7th, 2006|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

The U.S. Senate passed three pieces of legislation regarding stem cell research on July 18. Two of the bills were non-controversial: one bans growing human embryos in a human or animal with the intent of harvesting stem cells, and the other promotes adult stem cell research. The controversial bill would have expanded federal funding for embryonic [...]

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IS GOD TALK OKAY OR NOT?

By |2013-05-29T19:28:29-04:00September 7th, 2006|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

As previously noted, Democratic Senator Charles Schumer said those who oppose killing embryos are "theocrats." The next day, Democratic Senator Tom Harkin accused President Bush of being a "moral ayatollah" for vetoing a bill expanding embryonic stem cell research. On the same day, Democratic Representative Diana DeGette tried to convince her colleagues to override the president's [...]

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COMEDY CENTRAL RE-AIRS “BLOODY MARY”

By |2013-05-29T19:29:09-04:00September 7th, 2006|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

Comedy Central re-ran the "South Park" episode "Bloody Mary" on August 2. Comedy Central officials had previously said the episode would not air again. On December 29, 2005, we received a phone call from Tony Fox, the executive vice president for corporate communications at Comedy Central, informing us that there were no plans to rerun "Bloody [...]

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WHATEVER HAPPENED TO TOLERANCE?

By |2013-05-29T19:29:49-04:00September 7th, 2006|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

Over the summer, a Bloomberg/Los Angeles Times survey disclosed that 37 percent of Americans said they would not vote for a Mormon as president (Mitt Romney, the Massachusetts governor, is a Mormon and possible presidential contender). Some pundits, without looking at the disaggregated data, immediately assumed that conservative Christians were driving the numbers upwards. They were wrong. [...]

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WACKY IDEAS ABOUT FAMILIES

By |2017-03-20T17:55:12-04:00September 7th, 2006|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

A coalition of hundreds of public notables released a statement on July 26 titled "Beyond Same-Sex Marriage: A New Strategic Vision for All Our Families & Relationships" that takes issue with gay activists who are limiting their efforts to legalizing same-sex marriage. The coalition's goal is total societal recognition of "families and relationships" that "know no [...]

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IT’S OBAMA’S RECORD THAT COUNTS

By |2017-03-20T17:55:12-04:00September 7th, 2006|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

Senator Barack Obama spoke before a Call to Renewal conference on June 28 imploring Democrats to reach out to people of faith. "Secularists are wrong when they ask believers to leave their religion at the door before entering the public square," he said. There is much in Senator Obama's address that the Catholic League welcomed. For [...]

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