This article was originally published by Newsmax on October 3, 2014 On Sept. 29, Kansas City Chiefs safety Husain Abdullah, who is a Muslim, incurred a penalty in his game against the New England Patriots for sliding in the end zone after he scored a touchdown; he then bowed in prayer. He is man enough to [...]
This article was originally published by Newsmax on September 23, 2014 The Pew Research Center’s latest survey on religion discloses that 72 percent of Americans think religion is losing influence. This is not a welcome development: A majority of Americans see this as a negative outcome; only the unaffiliated are happy with this result. While the [...]
by Bill Donohue This article was originally published by Newsmax on August 19, 2014. Many commentators are making the mistake of searching for the "root causes" of the Ferguson riot. The nightly outbursts are obviously not a reflection of poverty and discrimination, because both conditions have receded dramatically in recent decades. Admittedly, there is frustration with [...]
By Bill Donohue This article was originally published by Newsmax on May 29, 2014. Every demographic group can cite instances of media bias against them, but no group is more unfairly covered, on a consistent basis, than Catholics. Here are three examples drawn from news stories published on May 29. Whenever a Catholic does something good, [...]
By Bill Donohue This article was originally published by Newsmax on May 9, 2014. After it was learned that a Southern California eighth-grade class was asked to debate the reality of the Holocaust, a firestorm ensued. Apologies followed, and pledges were forthcoming from the Rialto Unified School District not to let this happen again. While it [...]
By Bill Donohue This article was originally published by Newsmax on March 26, 2014. My bid to march in The Heritage of Pride parade, New York City's annual gay event, has occasioned many patently false statements. It's time to set the record straight. Mid-afternoon on March 20, I was interviewed by Steve Malzberg on his Newsmax [...]
By Bill Donohue This article was originally published by Newsmax on March 12, 2014. On June 19, 1995, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 9-0 that Boston's St. Patrick's Day parade was a privately run operation that could write its own rules for participation. Writing for the high court, Justice David Souter noted that gays and lesbians [...]
By Bill Donohue This article was originally published by Newsmax on March 5, 2014. When the Marxist Sandinistas ousted the Somoza family in Nicaragua in 1979, they dressed in Castro-like fatigues to show their solidarity with the poor. They wound up crushing them, while conveniently living in the same mansions as the Somozas. Helping to raise [...]
Bill Donohue This article was originally published by Newsmax on February 6, 2014. The United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child has just released a report on the way the Vatican has responded to the sexual abuse of minors by priests. The 15-page report contains not a single footnote, endnote, or any other mode [...]
Bill Donohue This article was originally published by Newsmax on January 27, 2014. When Pope Francis speaks about our "throwaway" abortion culture, or comments on marriage as a union between a man and a woman, he wins no points from those on the left. But when he speaks about income inequality, he is praised by the [...]
