Monthly Archives: October 2004

CHRISTIAN-BASHING ON CAMPUS

By |2013-06-20T19:53:05-04:00October 21st, 2004|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

The faculty at Black Hawk College in Illinois have rallied around sociology professor Bruce LeBlanc after an advisory committee said he violated the school’s harassment policy. Though LeBlanc was not penalized in any way, the fact that the committee recommended he apologize to the offended student led him to challenge this decision through the school’s collective [...]

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NO CHAPELS FOUND ON THIS HILL

By |2013-06-20T19:54:19-04:00October 21st, 2004|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

The University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill has accused a Christian fraternity of discriminating against non-Christians because the frat won’t open its membership to students of different faiths. In reality, however, it is UNC that is doing the discriminating: it won’t allow a Christian group to be Christian. The fraternity, Alpha Iota Omega, is [...]

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RELIGION FRIGHTENS CELEBS

By |2013-06-20T19:57:17-04:00October 21st, 2004|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

As the Republican National Convention was winding down, a counter-convention event was taking place in New York that featured composer Philip Glass. Glass told a room of celebrities that the U.S. is being “taken over by religion” and that the country is being “ruled by the Bible and not the Constitution.” It is not surprising that [...]

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MORE THAN HINDU RIGHTS AT STAKE

By |2017-03-20T17:55:51-04:00October 21st, 2004|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

A New York State judge is being accused by the Hindu Temple Society of North America of violating the separation of church and state by injecting himself into the internal affairs of the religious body. The group has filed a motion in federal district court asking for injunctive relief. The Catholic League is supporting the Hindus [...]

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ARE PRIESTS EQUAL BEFORE THE LAW?

By |2017-03-20T17:55:51-04:00October 21st, 2004|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

It is easy to argue that those who have been sexually abused deserve to see their victimizers pay for what they did. It is equally easy to argue that those who have been accused of such crimes be allowed the right to defend themselves. What is not so easy is convincing an accused priest that his [...]

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SO SENSITIVE

By |2017-03-20T17:55:51-04:00October 21st, 2004|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

Such sensitivity we haven’t seen in some time. A wooden podium used at the Republican National Convention really ticked some people off because it included a pattern in the shape of a cross. From the way some reacted, we expected the sky to fall any minute. Rev. James Forbes Jr., a left-wing minister at New York’s [...]

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“CONSCIENCE PROTECTION” AFFIRMED

By |2013-06-20T20:00:59-04:00October 21st, 2004|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

On September 9, the House of Representatives voted to approve a bill that maintains a “conscience protection” clause for Catholic hospitals. The clause is needed to protect Catholic hospitals and individual health care providers from governmental attempts to force them to provide, pay for, or refer abortions. Monsignor William P. Fay, General Secretary of the U.S. [...]

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PLAYING IT SAFE

By |2013-06-20T20:01:27-04:00October 21st, 2004|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

Some Catholic League members from Kentucky and Pennsylvania contacted us recently about a Safe Auto Insurance Company television commercial. It depicted a priest wearing headphones while listening to a confession. While it certainly wasn’t one of the worst TV ads we’ve heard about, we nonetheless decided to contact the company to register a complaint. At first, [...]

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SCHWARZENEGGER CAVES ON STEM CELL ISSUE

By |2012-10-12T17:52:41-04:00October 19th, 2004|Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: |

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger announced yesterday his support for Proposition 71, the state measure that allows for embryonic stem cell research.  Catholic League president William Donohue addressed the governor’s position today: “Governor Schwarzenegger proved that he is as inarticulate as he is devoid of moral reasoning when he pronounced, ‘Even though I haven’t come out publicly, [...]

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