When the Catholic League was first asked by the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, for permission to display one of the league’s anti-condom posters, it gladly said yes; the museum is a Smithsonian Institution gallery in New York City. The poster, 10,000 of which were displayed in New York City subways in 1994, is reprinted below: Want [...]
In mid-December, B.J. Rudell, a staffer for Congressman Bob Clement of Nashville, Tennessee, posted via e-mail and the Internet an offensive statement about the pope. In The Hotline: Daily Briefing on American Politics, Rudell submitted a list of the "Top Ten Surprising Confessions Made by the Pope." Included in this "humorous" list were such comments as "Stopped [...]
Seed Sowers, an anti-Catholic Protestant-based group from Vermont, has been sending anti-Catholic literature to Catholic priests. When asked by the league to "cease and desist," director Stephen Colbeth wrote that "The Roman Catholic System is deceiving many people." He added "You will be wise to depart from the false doctrines of the Roman Catholic Church." We [...]
In November, Cleveland area artists held a fundraising party for SPACES, a local art gallery. The Plain Dealer gave high profile to the event, including photos of the Catholic baiting participants. The three photos that accompanied the story on the "Saint Misbehavin" party showed a picture of a woman dressed as Santa Anna and a man dressed as [...]
John Salvi, the deranged man who went on a killing spree in two Brookline, Massachusetts abortion clinics in 1994, was a Catholic. Here is how the ABC affiliate in New York described him on the news: "John Salvi was a young man obsessed with his Catholic religion." Now when was the last time anyone remembers hearing [...]
It took the Supreme Court to decide it was okay for Christian school clubs to have Christian officers. In 1993, the Roslyn Free School District on Long Island denied a student the right to limit officers in her Bible club to Christians. The school district claimed that such a measure was discriminatory and the student argued [...]
Recycled Paper Greetings publishes cards that are supposed to be funny. Some are. But others are offensive. To Catholics, that is. The 1996 catalog of Hanukkah and Christmas cards offers many examples of what passes as humor at Recycled Paper Greetings. While many could be objected to, the league decided to concentrate its efforts on the [...]
Catholics in Buffalo were astonished to learn that Target Stores, a discount chain, refused a donation to a Catholic school on the grounds that "Catholic schools are not part of the community." The Catholic League calls on all Catholics to boycott Target Stores. The chain is known for its generous donations to Planned Parenthood.
In December, the cable station, Showtime, aired two programs that were clearly targeted at Catholics, and in a most offensive way. On December 9, it showed Critical Choices, and on December 8 and 13, it aired Sherman Oaks. Critical Choices is a movie that takes place over Easter Weekend, beginning with Holy Thursday; it opens with a shot of the [...]
The Catholic League has threatened to take action against a school district in Northwestern Pennsylvania. After learning that students were barred from creating artwork that depicted a nativity scene, Dr. Donohue sent the following letter to the offending party. December 13, 1996 Ms. Alice Niebauer President, Millcreek Township School District Education Center 3740 W. 26th Street [...]
