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LANDS’ END RESOLVES CHRISTMAS DISPUTE

Catholic League president Bill Donohue explained why the Catholic League’s dispute with Lands’ End has been resolved: “On December 1, we issued a news release expressing our displeasure with Lands’ End for contributing to the dumbing-down of Christmas.  We did not so much object to the company’s preference for using the term ‘holiday’ over ‘Christmas’ (and [...]

2012-10-12T16:50:49-04:00By |Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: |Comments Off on LANDS’ END RESOLVES CHRISTMAS DISPUTE

RIPPING UP THE RELIGIOUS ROOTS OF CHRISTMAS

As the lead story in this issue of Catalyst indicates, the “Holiday Wars” lost no steam in 2002. Here are some other examples of how deracinated our culture is becoming: Every December on New York’s Park Avenue the Helmsley Building nightly features a huge display of lights in the shape of a cross. This is the first year [...]

2017-03-20T17:56:32-04:00By |Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |Comments Off on RIPPING UP THE RELIGIOUS ROOTS OF CHRISTMAS

HUNTING FOR RACISM AT CHRISTMAS EVENTS

Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on two controversial Christmas events: The Arkansas Sons of Confederate Veterans had a float in the November 24 Christmas Parade of the Ozarks in Springdale, Arkansas. Its members claim it is a patriotic organization and is not in the business of promoting racism. But some disagreed. The Dorchester Historical Society [...]

2018-11-28T17:10:04-05:00By |Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: |Comments Off on HUNTING FOR RACISM AT CHRISTMAS EVENTS

Exploiting Christmas

Gazette.net reports that the 26th annual "Christmas Revels," a French-Canadian style celebration, will be held this month at George Washington University.  The December 3 article on the website points out that the show focuses on the longest night of the year, the winter solstice.  "Despite 'Christmas' in the title, this is not a religious pageant, but rather an inclusive [...]

2017-03-20T17:54:15-04:00By |Categories: Chatterbox...|Comments Off on Exploiting Christmas

CHRISTMAS TREE RETURNED

A few weeks before Christmas, residents at a Newhall, California senior citizens’ apartment complex were told to remove their Christmas tree. The company in charge of the complex, JB Partners Group Inc., told staff at The Willows residence that the Christmas tree was a religious symbol and must be taken down. Because this is a private [...]

2013-01-30T18:59:16-05:00By |Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |Comments Off on CHRISTMAS TREE RETURNED

ANTI-CHRISTMAS FEVER ABOUNDS

Catholic League president Bill Donohue released these remarks today on the latest round of anti-Christmas incidents: “Like most Jews, Olympic skater Sasha Cohen is not offended by Christmas carols. But that didn’t stop a government employee from trying to protect her. While Cohen was skating at a rink in Riverside, California, a high-school choir started singing [...]

2012-10-22T17:16:03-04:00By |Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: , |Comments Off on ANTI-CHRISTMAS FEVER ABOUNDS

CULTURE WAR ON CHRISTMAS GOES BESERK

Every Christmas season is a busy time for the Catholic League, but this past Christmas broke the record. Radical secularists across the nation went berserk trying to stamp out the religious significance of the holiday. Our response was equally unyielding. Just as December began, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) wasted no time issuing a pamphlet, "The December [...]

2013-08-05T20:16:24-04:00By |Categories: Catalyst, Front Page|Tags: |Comments Off on CULTURE WAR ON CHRISTMAS GOES BESERK

PUBLIC SCHOOLS SLIGHT CHRISTMAS

In December, the Catholic League was inundated with complaints across the country that public school teachers have been diluting the meaning of Christmas while simultaneously trumpeting the meaning of Hanukkah and Kwanzaa. It has become commonplace for public schools to teach about Hanukkah but not about Christmas, to display menorahs but not nativity scenes, and to [...]

2017-03-20T17:58:50-04:00By |Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |Comments Off on PUBLIC SCHOOLS SLIGHT CHRISTMAS

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