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MAHER IS A BIGOT, NOT A COMEDIAN
July 14, 2014
On the July 11 episode of “Real Time with Bill Maher,” Maher discussed the Hobby Lobby case that the U.S. Supreme Court recently decided. Here is an excerpt: “…but the five Catholic men on the Supreme Court agreed with Hobby Lobby that those women who have pleasure sex should be saddled with a baby.” “And those five... [Read more...]
COURT RULES AGAINST SEAL OF CONFESSION
July 8, 2014
Bill Donohue comments on a ruling made by the Supreme Court of Louisiana: In 2008, a fourteen-year-old girl alleges that she told her parish priest that she was being abused by a now-deceased lay member of their parish. The girl alleges the disclosures came during the Sacrament of Confession. Now her parents are suing the priest, and the Diocese of... [Read more...]
ATHEIST BIGOTS SLAM CATHOLICS
July 3, 2014
Bill Donohue comments on a full-page ad in today’s New York Times placed by the Freedom From Religion Foundation: Most atheists are not bigots, but many atheists who are activists most definitely are. Among them are the anti-Catholics who work at the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF). In today’s New York Times FFRF takes out its vengeance... [Read more...]
OKLAHOMA CITY OKAYS “BLACK MASS”
July 2, 2014
Bill Donohue comments on a “Black Mass” performance at the Oklahoma City Civic Center that is scheduled for September 21: On the website of the “Black Mass” it says, “The consecrated host is corrupted by sexual fluids then it becomes the sacrifice of the mass. The blasphemy remains intact along with corruption of the Catholic... [Read more...]
TOO MANY CATHOLICS ON THE BENCH?
July 1, 2014
Bill Donohue notes the reaction of bigots to the Hobby Lobby case: “Once again an all-Catholic, all-male, all-ultra-conservative majority of five has voted en bloc to eviscerate fundamental rights,” said Annie Laurie Gaylor of the atheist Freedom From Religion Foundation. Yup. Catholics always conspire to do things “en bloc”... [Read more...]
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY AFFIRMED
June 30, 2014
Bill Donohue comments on the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling today in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores: Today’s victory is welcomed by true advocates of the First Amendment. However, because of the unremitting hostility this administration has shown to religious liberty, especially in its lust for abortion rights, Congress needs to pass the Health... [Read more...]
JOAN RIVERS RIPS GAY PRIESTS AGAIN
June 30, 2014
Bill Donohue comments on the June 27 edition of “Fashion Police” on E!: On Friday night, Joan Rivers remarked on a short plaid skirt worn by Katy Perry: “She is so much a Catholic schoolgirl that three priests stopped her to say, ‘you’re cute, do you have a brother?’” There is not a week that goes by that Rivers... [Read more...]
ASSAULT ON FREE SPEECH REJECTED
June 26, 2014
Bill Donohue comments on the Supreme Court’s decision today striking down a Massachusetts law that created a 35-foot buffer zone near clinics for those protesting abortion: Today’s ruling, McCullen v. Coakley, did not address the morality or the legality of abortion, which is why this case, which was wholly about free speech, should have... [Read more...]
AP’s “MASS GRAVE” RETRACTIONS
June 25, 2014
Bill Donohue comments on the second retraction by the Associated Press (AP) over Ireland’s “mass grave” story: AP issued its first retraction on June 20 regarding its stories of June 3 and June 8 on Ireland’s “mass grave” story. On June 23, AP reporter Shawn Pogatchnik issued a second, more complete, retraction; his... [Read more...]
IRELAND’S “MASS GRAVE” HOAX
June 23, 2014
Over the past month, the public has been treated to a series of news stories alleging that Irish nuns threw almost 800 babies into a septic tank outside a home for “fallen women” and children in the 20th century. As it turns out, the “mass grave” story is a hoax. To read Bill Donohue’s article, “Ireland’s ‘Mass... [Read more...]