Monthly Archives: November 2007

CATHOLIC LEAGUE VS. MILLER BREWING

By |2019-09-23T19:11:43-04:00November 29th, 2007|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

September 25: "We have contacted Miller Brewing and expect that they will cooperate and do what is ethically right." —Bill Donohue, regarding Miller Brewing's logo on a Folsom Street Fair poster featuring half-naked gay men mocking the Last Supper September 26: "We understand some individuals may find the imagery offensive and we have asked the organizers to remove [...]

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IRANIAN THUG WELCOMED AT COLUMBIA

By |2013-05-23T17:00:57-04:00November 29th, 2007|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

Columbia University in New York City hosted Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at a September 24 forum. The Catholic League wasted no time criticizing Columbia's decision to offer the tyrant a platform of legitimacy, citing his persecution of religious minorities. Bill Donohue debated both the Columbia dean and the Columbia professor who invited Ahmadinejad on the "Today" [...]

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DOES “THE VIEW” WANT ANOTHER FIGHT?

By |2013-05-23T17:03:47-04:00November 29th, 2007|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

After a spate of anti-Catholic comments on ABC's "The View" from last fall to this summer, the show's panelists mended their ways after we placed a New York Times ad on June 12 criticizing their treatment of our faith. Since the ad ran, we noted in September's Catalyst, "the gals have been good." But on October 4, [...]

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MEDIA HYPE OVER POPE’S DEATH

By |2013-05-23T17:12:19-04:00November 29th, 2007|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

On September 21, Time ran a provocative article, "Was John Paul II Euthanized?" The piece quoted Italian intensive care specialist Dr. Lina Pavanelli, who charged that Pope John Paul II violated Catholic teaching by refusing medical care that would have prolonged his life. Pavanelli's allegations were as nonsensical as Time's understanding of Catholic teaching was ignorant. According to [...]

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SITCOM AVOIDS ALIENATING MUSLIMS

By |2013-05-23T17:07:43-04:00November 29th, 2007|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

The CW television network premiered a new sitcom, "Aliens in America," on October 1. The show is about a family called the Tolchucks that takes in a Pakistani Muslim foreign exchange student. While the Tolchucks are portrayed as slightly dysfunctional, the Muslim boy is friendly, helpful and devout—a real joy to be around. The contrast between [...]

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COP-KILLER LINKED TO “ARABIC” SCHOOL

By |2013-05-23T17:13:40-04:00November 29th, 2007|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

Bill Donohue wrote to every New York City Council member on September 19 asking for an investigation into a coalition backing the Khalil Gibran International Academy (KGIA), a New York City public school billed as an "Arabic-themed" institution. The coalition, "Communities in Support of KGIA," formed following the August 10 resignation of the school's first principal, [...]

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CHRISTMAS CENSORS ARE OUT IN FORCE

By |2012-10-11T20:29:41-04:00November 27th, 2007|Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: |

Catholic League president Bill Donohue commented today on efforts to censor Christmas: “We haven’t hit December yet and already the politically correct police are out in force trying to censor Christmas. Here’s a sample: · For 75 years, the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce sponsored the ‘Hollywood Christmas Parade.’ When it refused to sponsor the parade this year, [...]

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“GOLDEN COMPASS” SPIN DOCTORS

By |2012-10-11T20:29:42-04:00November 26th, 2007|Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: |

Catholic League president Bill Donohue commented today as follows: “The spin doctors for ‘The Golden Compass’ are working overtime to rescue the movie from Philip Pullman’s agenda. Here’s a sampling: “In yesterday’s Boston Globe, the film studio’s house theologian, Donna Freitas, said Pullman’s books ‘are deeply Christian in their theology.’ Then how does she explain why the [...]

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NYC SCHOOLS DENY CHRISTIANS PARITY: HOLIDAY DISPLAY POLICY FAVORS JEWS AND MUSLIMS

By |2012-10-11T20:29:43-04:00November 21st, 2007|Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: |

Catholic League president Bill Donohue commented today on the Catholic League’s on-going complaint with the New York City Board of Education regarding the display of crèches in the schools: “On October 24, I wrote to Schools Chancellor Joel Klein asking to meet with him regarding the City’s discriminatory holiday policy. ‘There is no constitutional prohibition, or [...]

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Hate Crimes Against Catholics Show 33% Increase in 2006

By |2011-09-06T17:14:13-04:00November 20th, 2007|Categories: Chatterbox...|

According to USA Today, the latest FBI data shows that in 2006, there was an increase in the number of hate crimes motivated by bias against religion. While hate crime against people of faith in general shot up 19% from 2005, the increase in hate crimes against Catholics increased by approximately 33%. (The increase for crimes against Muslims [...]

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