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“CONDOM CHRISTMAS TREE” FAILS; CHRISTMAS BASHING CONTINUES

Levi Strauss, the San Francisco-based apparel company, wanted to put up a giant Christmas tree in New York’s Central Park, adorned with thousands of condoms. But it ran into opposition from the Catholic League and lost. The denim manufacturer thought that its "condom Christmas tree" would be a fitting tribute to World AIDS Day on December [...]

2013-11-07T19:17:13-05:00By |Categories: Catalyst, Front Page|Tags: |Comments Off on “CONDOM CHRISTMAS TREE” FAILS; CHRISTMAS BASHING CONTINUES

SAN JOSE’S CHRISTMAS TREES UNDER FIRE

Catholic League president Bill Donohue discusses a controversy over this year's San Jose Christmas tree display: Every year since the 1950s, San Jose has had a proud record of honoring Christmas with a grand display of Christmas trees. This year, however, a controversy has arisen over some trees. San Jose's Plaza de Cesar Chavez is the [...]

2017-11-30T18:40:34-05:00By |Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: |Comments Off on SAN JOSE’S CHRISTMAS TREES UNDER FIRE

CHRISTMAS WITHOUT CHRIST

William A. Donohue Even though roughly 80 percent of Americans are Christian, 96 percent celebrate Christmas. Can non-Christians and non-believers really celebrate Christmas? To some extent they can, just the same way those who are not Irish can celebrate St. Patrick's Day: they can partake in the fun aspects of it, but that's it. At bottom, [...]

2017-03-20T17:50:49-04:00By |Categories: Catalyst, From The President's Desk|Tags: |Comments Off on CHRISTMAS WITHOUT CHRIST

THERE ARE NO CHRISTMAS WARS?

The next time someone tells you that the war on Christmas is exaggerated, have them read the following. All of these events/remarks were made at Christmastime 2005: The Palm Beach Post said that in South Florida malls, "There are dangling ornaments, Christmas trees, but no crosses or angels, certainly no Mother Mary cradling her newborn son" (our italics). Senior [...]

2013-05-30T16:26:43-04:00By |Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |Comments Off on THERE ARE NO CHRISTMAS WARS?

PRO-CHRISTMAS FOLKS PUSH BACK

For the past few years, there have been two new developments in the War on Christmas: the good news is that more people are pushing back in villages and municipalities across the nation, demanding that Christmas celebrations proceed as planned; the bad news is that militant atheists are more aggressive than ever. Overall, however, there is [...]

2012-12-21T19:52:55-05:00By |Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |Comments Off on PRO-CHRISTMAS FOLKS PUSH BACK

CELEBRATING THEIR FIRST WHITE HOUSE CHRISTMAS: OBAMA AND TRUMP

Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on White House celebrations: There could not be a greater difference between President Barack Obama's first White House Christmas and President Donald Trump's. Obama did not believe in exchanging Christmas gifts with his family; Trump does so lavishly. The cover story of the July 23, 2008 edition of People magazine [...]

2017-12-22T16:01:21-05:00By |Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: |Comments Off on CELEBRATING THEIR FIRST WHITE HOUSE CHRISTMAS: OBAMA AND TRUMP

BANNING CHRISTMAS IN THE SCHOOLS

There is much ignorance about the state of the constitutional law as it applies to Christmas celebrations in the public schools. To cut to the quick—they are permitted. A Christmas play by the Minden Junior Service League, performed at Minden High School in Webster Parish, Louisiana, was recently the source of much controversy. Two of the [...]

2019-01-31T20:09:39-05:00By |Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |Comments Off on BANNING CHRISTMAS IN THE SCHOOLS

CHRISTMAS WARS ESCALATE: CHRISTIANS FIGHT BACK

Never before have more Christians fought back in an effort to reclaim Christmas. For example, in 2003, a Glenview, Illinois firehouse was told it could not display Christmas decorations. In 2004, they won approval. In 2003, an 8-year-old boy from Plano, Texas was forbidden from giving his friends candy canes in school. In 2004, he was [...]

2013-05-31T19:55:23-04:00By |Categories: Catalyst, Front Page|Tags: |Comments Off on CHRISTMAS WARS ESCALATE: CHRISTIANS FIGHT BACK

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