Jenny Backus, a Democratic consultant who has helped organize the Democratic National Committee (DNC) debates, was recently cited in news reports about the alleged diversity of the Democratic candidates for president. Here's what she said: "We've got everybody from a preacher to a general, from the leader of the House to leaders in the Senate, north [...]
On November 12, several Democratic congressmen joined American Muslim leaders in holding a Ramadan iftar, or fast breaking dinner, in the House Judiciary Committee Hearing Room. According to a news release by the Council on American-Islamic Relations issued the day before the event, "The Capitol Hill iftar will include breaking of the fast with water and [...]
In Bill O'Reilly's latest book, Who's Looking Out for You?, he launches a salvo at the Catholic League. "The anger I feel for the witch-hunters of America is off the charts," he says on p. 184. This is followed by, "The Catholic League of America issued a press release after my criticism of the Pope, charging I [...]
On October 21, the Associated Press (AP) ran a story on Pope John Paul II's installation of new cardinals. AP is the most influential wire service in the nation—small and medium-sized newspapers draw heavily from its reporting. So it was with some interest that we tracked how it covered this story throughout the day (it continually [...]
The Catholic League, represented by The Thomas More Law Center from Ann Arbor, Michigan, will file an amicus curiae brief in the United States Supreme Court in the Pledge of Allegiance case. The high court is expected to rule on this issue next spring. The brief will seek to overturn the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decision Newdow v. [...]
In mid-October, ABC invited the Catholic League to view a rough cut of an upcoming ABC News special, "Jesus, Mary, and Da Vinci," which dealt with some of the theories underlying Dan Brown's novel The Da Vinci Code. Given the offensive nature of some of the novel's claims, it would be difficult to believe that the [...]
Last year there was an ugly incident during the half-time festivities at the Fordham-Columbia football game. One of the students from Columbia's band took the microphone and made some obscene comments about Catholic priests. It led to a meeting between William Donohue and Columbia University president Lee Bollinger. Donohue believed that such incidents would no longer [...]
On August 15, 2002, a Virginia woman, Loretta Harper, had sex in St. Patrick's Cathedral with her pal, Brian Florence, in front of men, women and children, while a detailed report of their activity was broadcast on the WNEW radio show "Opie and Anthony." Subsequently, the Catholic League got Opie and Anthony fired, and the station [...]
It is not every day that the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and Americans United for Separation of Church and State (AU) celebrate religious liberty, and that is why November 14 was so special: that was the day they celebrated their victory for witches' rights. On November 14, a federal court ruled that a Wiccan member [...]
If someone makes an anti-Semitic statement, does that mean he's an anti-Semite? It depends. Consider the way the ADL judges anti-Semitism these days. ADL chief Abraham Foxman initially said that while he had a problem with "The Passion of Christ," he did not think Mel Gibson was an anti-Semite. He quickly changed his mind and branded [...]
