As we noted in a recent news release, on October 9 ABC’s “Boston Legal” featured a Catholic nun in full habit uttering a sexual innuendo having nothing to do with the storyline at hand. We branded the show’s creator, David E. Kelley, “Tinseltown’s Ace Bigot.” Kelley has a long-standing animus toward Catholicism. On October 16, Kelley was [...]
“My Sweet Jesus,” another life-sized chocolate sculpture of a naked crucified Jesus by artist Cosimo Cavallaro, will be displayed in a New York gallery on West 22nd Street from October 27 through November 24. Unlike last spring, when we launched a boycott against Manhattan’s posh Roger Smith Hotel (the boycott was dropped when the hotel cancelled [...]
On Monday October 22 at 7:30 pm, The King’s College will host a debate between Dinesh D’Souza and Christopher Hitchens. The subject will be “Is Christianity the Problem.” The debate will be held at the New York Society for Ethical Culture, 64th Street and Central Park West, in New York City. For more information, visit The [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue released the following statement today regarding the league’s protest of Miller beer: “Last week we sent some photos of the Miller-sponsored Folsom Street Fair to all the pastors of the 166 Protestant churches in Milwaukee. Today we are blanketing all the synagogues and mosques in Milwaukee; we are asking rabbis and [...]
“Elizabeth: The Golden Age,” a new film about Queen Elizabeth opens today in theaters. There is nothing new, however, about the way British Catholics are depicted compared to their Protestant counterparts. According to the New York Times, the portrayal of the “Catholic-led holy war” waged by Spain’s King Philip II against Elizabeth, “with its ominous monks and [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue commented today on last night’s episode of the ABC show, “Boston Legal”: “The show featured a 15 year-old girl who is enrolled in an abstinence-only sex education program, contracts HIV and then sues her school, blaming it for her condition. At the trial, the school’s principal, the girl’s attorneys and the [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue released the following statement today regarding the league’s protest of Miller beer: “Last week I announced that all 211 parishes in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee were being mailed a memo and some photos of the Miller-sponsored Folsom Street Fair; this was the first of many mailings that would occur weekly. Today [...]
Bill Donohue had this to say about a recent case of discrimination in Long Island, New York: "The Catholic League is pleased to announce that it has been contacted by the office of the New York State Division of Human Rights regarding the controversy over the public display of religious objects at Country Pointe at Coram [...]
Today’s announcement that SABMiller PLC and Molson Coors Brewing Company are planning to combine U.S. operations, possibly by the end of this year, was greeted with enthusiasm by Catholic League president Bill Donohue: “Now is the time for S&M Miller to rid itself of its nasty image, so that the new company, MillerCoors, isn’t known as [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue discussed the league’s reaction to the upcoming movie, “The Golden Compass”: “New Line Cinema and Scholastic Entertainment have paired to produce ‘The Golden Compass,’ a children’s fantasy that is based on the first book of a trilogy by militant English atheist Philip Pullman. The trilogy, His Dark Materials, was written to promote [...]
