On October 29, William Donohue appeared on “News Forum,” a Sunday morning talk show on the NBC New York affiliate. Hosted by veteran reporter Gabe Pressman, Donohue debated Kelli Conlin of the National Abortion Rights Action League (NARAL) on the subject of abortion and politics. When Conlin lied about NARAL’s position on a piece of legislation,... [Read more...]
ENOUGH, ALREADY!
In the November Catalyst, we ran a story, “Their Idea of Fairness,” wherein we reported that Insight Media had a catalog of videos and CD-ROMS for students that included some good selections on religion, but also some lousy selections on Roman Catholicism. We told our members that head of the company, Jeff Morris, failed to respond to a... [Read more...]
GAY MILITANTS TARGET BISHOPS
When the National Conference of Catholic Bishops (NCCB) met in Washington, D.C. for three days in November, they were greeted with a protest launched by Soulforce, a radical Christian group that seeks to change Christianity’s teachings on homosexuality. They disrupted Mass, disrupted a meeting of the bishops and blocked entrance to the National Shrine... [Read more...]
HATE ADS LOSE IN OH & CA
The same “Earth’s Final Warning” ads that the Catholic League has fought around the country appeared recently in the Athens Messenger in Athens, Ohio and The Sun in San Bernardino, California. Fortunately, the publishers of both newspapers pledged never to run them again. The Athens Messenger ran the offensive ad on October 4. It... [Read more...]
HATE MAIL FROM OUR NEW YORK TIMES AD COUNTERING CATHOLICS SPEAK OUT
· Anonymous Man: “You make me really ashamed to be Catholic.” · Anonymous Man: ”I’m a Roman Catholic and I would like Mr. Donohue to know that he doesn’t speak for me, my wife or anyone I know.” · Ronald Peters of New York, NY: He is a non-Catholic who sent us a letter stating that he read our ad with sorrow. He... [Read more...]
KANSAS CITY STAR’S OBSESSION WITH PRIESTS AND AIDS
Last January, the Kansas City Star released a sex survey of Roman Catholic priests that purported to show that priests were dying of AIDS at a rate much higher than the general population. Now the same newspaper has released new findings, this time saying that more than 300 AIDS-related priest deaths have been documented. The latest findings were... [Read more...]
DISHONEST ANTI-VOUCHER TV ADS PULLED IN MICHIGAN
In October, a Florida appeals ruled that a school voucher program that targeted poor families was constitutional. But in November, ballot initiatives that would allow vouchers lost in Michigan and California. The Catholic League, which views school choice as a civil right, gets involved in the issue when anti-Catholicism emerges. That is why it jumped... [Read more...]
ABC’S “POLITICALLY INCORRECT” CONTINUES ITS ATTACK ON ROMAN CATHOLICISM
The October 27 episode of ABC’s “Politically Incorrect” triggered a record number of complaints to the Catholic League. The discussion was Halloween and how it relates to paganism. The show’s host, Bill Maher, commented how “Christianity is grafted on paganism”; media critic Holly McClure agreed. Actor Guy Torry then remarked,... [Read more...]
AN UNSEEMLY MIX OF POLITICS AND RELIGION
The 2000 elections will be remembered for lots of things, few of them honorable. Among the long list of dishonorable things, count the unseemly mix of politics and religion that colored so many of the races. To be specific, the extent to which candidates carried their campaigns into houses of worship was appalling. Though Republicans and Democrats were... [Read more...]
“QUILLS” SPINS HISTORY
Fox Searchlight, a division of 20th Century Fox, has released a movie for the holiday season that is anything but joyous. “Quills” is a fictional account of the Marquis de Sade, a French maniac who lived at the time of the Revolution and died in a lunatic asylum in 1814. His life was so sick that they even coined a name after him: sadism.... [Read more...]