CNN belief BLOG, “A Christmastime fight: Christmas trees vs. holiday trees” Read More →
Catholic League president Bill Donohue explains why the Catholic League is starting a new initiative aimed at atheists: Approximately 80 percent of Americans are Christian, and 96 percent celebrate Christmas. Of the 20 percent who are not Christian, non-believers make up the largest segment, though the number of self-identified atheists is tiny. David... [Read more...]
”The Greatest Miracle” was shown this year at World Youth Day; it opens December 9 in select theaters. Catholic League policy analyst Marcus Plieninger previewed it and offered the following commentary: This is a movie the whole family can enjoy. Perfect for the Christmas season, this 3D animated film makes an important religious statement... [Read more...]
New York Times, “This Christmas, Atheists’ Billboard Tries a Softer Tack” Read More →
On November 9, we learned that the Obama administration had decided to promote the sale of fresh Christmas trees by imposing a 15-cent tax on them (the tax was being levied to pay for a PR campaign). We immediately put out a sarcastic news release “supporting” the idea. Later that day, the tax plan was revoked. We maintained that President Barack... [Read more...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on the Christmas tree controversies hitting the states: In Wisconsin, for the first time in years, they are reverting back to calling the Capitol Rotunda Christmas tree a Christmas tree: it was called a Christmas tree for 70 years until it was renamed a Holiday tree in the mid-1980s. In Rhode Island, Governor... [Read more...]
Benetton has a new “UNHATE” ad campaign that digitally alters photos of world leaders to make it appear that they are kissing. There is one showing President Barack Obama kissing Chinese President Hu Jintao, and one depicting French President Nicolas Sarkozy kissing his German counterpart, Angela Merkel. After the Vatican disapproved of... [Read more...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue offers qualified support for the Obama administration’s decision to promote the sale of fresh Christmas trees by imposing a 15-cent tax on them (the tax is being levied to pay for a PR campaign): President Barack Obama’s Agriculture Department got it right when it started to explore new ways to prop... [Read more...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue describes the highlights of the new movie, “A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas,” which opened today: One of the lead actors punches a bishop Naked nuns are shown caressing each other in a shower Real life homosexual Neil Patrick Harris (playing himself) recounts going to heaven (portrayed as a... [Read more...]
A young Muslim woman recently sued Abercrombie & Fitch after she was fired for violating the clothier’s “look policy,” which the company interpreted as not permitting Muslim headscarfs. As a private company, Abercrombie & Fitch has a legal right to determine its own policies. But from a moral perspective, what it did to this woman is a... [Read more...]