Bill Donohue On January 16, President Donald Trump forever declared this day to be Religious Freedom Day, honoring the central place that religion has played in anchoring our freedoms. He specifically cited the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, which was codified on January 16, 1786; it is the foundation of the First Amendment. Only someone who [...]
Bill Donohue highly recommends this article by Fr. Wilson D. Miscamble. He is delighted that we are disseminating his piece to our subscribers. To read the article, which originally appeared on First Things, click here.
Kyle Nazareth As America nears its 250th anniversary, fierce disputes over religion in public life increasingly stem from a widely accepted myth: that the First Amendment erected a rigid "wall of separation," forcing government to shun any cooperation, accommodation, or recognition of religion. This narrative, pushed by judges, advocacy groups, and cultural lore, treats religion like [...]
Bill Donohue Scenario: The Jones family lives in apartment 3A in an inner-city neighborhood, populated by non-whites. On a Friday night, they hear a child in 3B screaming his head off, begging the attacker not to hit him again. But the yelling and crying escalate. Mrs. Jones calls the city’s child services unit, alerting them to [...]
Bill Donohue Turning Point USA, founded by Charlie Kirk, has been denied a chapter status at St. John’s University. The student government at the Queens, New York campus did not give any reason, requesting that they reapply. But they have already been denied twice, and without cause. This story was first reported by Sam Korkus of [...]
Bill Donohue highly recommends this article by Paul Kengor, a member of the Catholic League's Board of Advisors. To read this article, which originally appeared on The American Spectator, click here.
Bill Donohue Tomorrow is the March for Life, so we turn our attention to abortion. ABC News ran a story on January 21 about a woman candidate running for a House seat in South Carolina. The former navy officer, Nancy Lacore, has been endorsed by EMILYs list. The news story described it as “a liberal group [...]
Bill Donohue A Catholic League staffer was recently having dinner with friends at a New York steakhouse when she witnessed a table of several mature women talking loudly, some of whom were throwing around the “f-word" with abandon. It used to be that such language would be heard in pubs, but not in pricey restaurants, much [...]
Bill Donohue It is legal for ICE agents to make arrests in houses of worship, but none of them do. It is illegal for anti-ICE agitators to disrupt church services, but some do. Those who would scream bloody murder if ICE agents entered a church, but are silent when protesters entered Cities Church in St. Paul, [...]
Bill Donohue On January 19, the nation will celebrate Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. Unfortunately, his legacy is being dishonored this year by the public policy arm of the Presbyterian Church (USA). To be exact, the Presbyterian Office of Public Witness, the advocacy group for the mainline Protestant denomination, recently compared the Minnesota woman who ran [...]
