Monthly Archives: October 1998

“CORPUS CHRISTI” IS GAY HATE SPEECH

By |2012-10-18T18:59:05-04:00October 12th, 1998|Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: |

On October 10, Catholic League president William Donohue, and the league’s director of communications, Rick Hinshaw, attended a showing of the Terrence McNally play, "Corpus Christi." Here are Donohue’s remarks: "The basic message of ‘Corpus Christi’ is this: Jesus was no more divine than the rest of us and the reason why he was crucified was [...]

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PEOPLE FOR THE AMERICAN WAY OPPOSES FREE SPEECH

By |2017-03-20T17:58:04-04:00October 8th, 1998|Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: |

People for the American Way will gather with a small band of anti-free speech protesters on October 13 to oppose the First Amendment rights of the thousands of Catholics, Protestants, Jews and Muslims who will stage a demonstration against hate speech that evening. The anti-hate speech rally, orchestrated against the blasphemous and obscene play, "Corpus Christi," [...]

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STUMPING FROM THE PULPIT: THE DOUBLE STANDARD

By |2012-10-18T18:59:07-04:00October 5th, 1998|Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: |

Yesterday, Senator Alfonse D’Amato gave a highly partisan speech at Rev. Floyd Flake’s Allen AME Church in Queens. Rev. Flake also made highly partisan remarks. Catholic League president William Donohue took note: "On the front page of the New York Times there is a color photo of Senator D’Amato speaking before Rev. Floyd Flake’s congregation. In addition to the Times, [...]

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“PECKER” TAKES A POKE AT CATHOLICS

By |2017-03-20T17:58:04-04:00October 2nd, 1998|Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: |

"Pecker," the title character in John Waters’ new movie, is a teenage photographer who surges to fame and fortune with his pictures of the seamier side of Baltimore life. Among his subjects are a drug addict and a shoplifter in action, gay and lesbian strippers plying their trade, two rats copulating in a garbage can—and his [...]

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