Monthly Archives: November 2003

BIGOTED JUDGE CENSURED

By |2013-06-27T20:20:26-04:00November 22nd, 2003|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

In the summer of 2002, a New York City judge rejected a woman's request that money being held by the court be used for her teenage daughter's Catholic school tuition. The judge, Luther V. Dye, said he wouldn't send his kids to a Catholic school given the scandal in the Church. The woman contacted the Catholic [...]

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LONG ISLAND CATHOLICS RALLY TO SUPPORT BISHOP MURPHY

By |2013-06-27T20:45:45-04:00November 22nd, 2003|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

On July 25, we began a petition drive of Catholic League members in Nassau and Suffolk counties on Long Island in support of Rockville Centre Bishop William F. Murphy. We did so after Voice of the Faithful on Long Island called for the bishop to resign. Two months later, we had amassed more than 6,000 signatures. [...]

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BOSTON ELITES SEEK TO POLICE CATHOLIC CHURCH

By |2013-06-27T20:47:10-04:00November 22nd, 2003|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

A group of elites in the fields of law, psychology and social work has petitioned the Archdiocese of Boston for permission to oversee cases of alleged clergy sexual abuse. They have been denied. That is because the archdiocese already has two groups of Catholics who are discharged with this duty. Nonetheless, the elites object to this [...]

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MEDIA TREAT POPE FAIRLY

By |2013-06-27T20:49:10-04:00November 22nd, 2003|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

In the days before and after Pope John Paul II’s Silver Jubilee, the Catholic League carefully monitored media coverage. Here is a summary of our observations that were released to the press: "Most of the print and electronic media did a very fair job covering the events surrounding the Silver Jubilee of Pope John Paul II. [...]

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WASHBURN UNIVERSITY OKAYS CATHOLIC BASHING

By |2017-03-20T17:56:13-04:00November 22nd, 2003|Categories: Catalyst|Tags: |

A controversial sculpture that depicts a Catholic bishop wearing a hat that resembles a phallic symbol was chosen for display by some faculty members and students at Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas. The exhibit also featured an offensive inscription mocking the confessional. Printed below is Catholic League president Dr. William A. Donohue's letter of October 2 [...]

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CONDOMS AND AIDS

By |2013-06-27T20:50:16-04:00November 22nd, 2003|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

On October 9, Cardinal Alfonso Lopez Trujillo, head of the Pontifical Council on the Family, said that condoms don't protect against AIDS. There was an immediate uproar from some quarters of the scientific community. The next day, Dr. William Donohue debated this issue on the "Today" show with Dr. Desmond Johns, Director of the Joint U.N. [...]

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WANTED: ABERCROMBIE & FITCH MODELS WHO WEAR PANTS

By |2017-03-20T17:56:13-04:00November 21st, 2003|Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: |

Catholic League president William Donohue sounded off today on Abercrombie & Fitch’s (A&F) new Christmas catalog: “Over the past few years, the Catholic League has blasted A&F for taking gratuitous shots at Catholicism in its catalogs.  This year’s catalog is much improved, though it was wholly unnecessary to highlight a foul remark by some guy named [...]

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“BAD SANTA” BLACKENS DISNEY’S SNOW WHITE IMAGE

By |2017-03-20T17:56:13-04:00November 20th, 2003|Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: |

“Bad Santa,” a movie distributed by the Disney subsidiary Miramax, opens November 26.  Louis Giovino, the league’s director of communications, attended a screening of the movie on November 19 in New York; Miramax acceded to the league’s request for an opportunity to preview it. The following commentary, written by Catholic League president William Donohue, is based [...]

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FORD FOUNDATION STOPS FUNDING ANTI-SEMITISM; CONTINUES TO FUND ANTI-CATHOLICISM

By |2017-03-20T17:56:14-04:00November 19th, 2003|Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: |

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has announced that it has successfully persuaded the Ford Foundation to stop funding anti-Semitic organizations.  The Ford Foundation had sponsored many of the most vile anti-Jewish groups that had assembled at the 2001 World Conference Against Racism in Durban, South Africa.  Now Ford Foundation President Susan V. Berresford has agreed to develop [...]

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MASSACHUSETTS HIGH COURT OPENS DOOR TO GAY AND INCESTUOUS MARRIAGES

By |2017-03-20T17:56:14-04:00November 18th, 2003|Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: |

By a vote of 4-3, the Massachusetts Supreme Court voted today to strike down the state’s ban on homosexual marriage.  Though the court said homosexuals were entitled to marry, it stopped short of allowing them to obtain a license to do so.  Instead, it gave the state legislature 180 days to find a solution. Commenting on [...]

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