Monthly Archives: July 2008

UMN President Responds on Professor Myers’ Diatribe

By |2017-03-20T17:54:26-04:00July 18th, 2008|Categories: Chatterbox...|

Professor Paul Myers responded to the controversy surrounding the UCF student, who held a consecrated Host hostage for a week, with venomous attacks on the Eucharist, threatening to desecrate Hosts if others could obtain them for him.  The league sprung into action, contacting the president of the University of Minnesota, which allowed the link to his blog to be accessible [...]

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Democracy Prevails in California

By |2011-09-01T20:42:01-04:00July 17th, 2008|Categories: Chatterbox...|

The California Supreme Court ruled that the voter initiative to affirm that marriage is between a man and a woman can be placed on the November ballot.  This is a victory for the people of California who can decide whether to allow same-sex marriage after the California Supreme Court recently legalized it by a 4 to 3 [...]

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PHONY ASSAULT ON DEAL HUDSON

By |2017-03-20T17:54:26-04:00July 17th, 2008|Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: |

Catholic League president Bill Donohue responded today to a story last night by CNN’s Anderson Cooper on attempts by some Catholics to get the McCain campaign to oust Catholic author and activist Deal Hudson from the Catholics for McCain National Steering Committee: “Anderson Cooper said last night that those opposed to Hudson were citing two reasons [...]

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OBAMA TO CATHOLICS: NO VOUCHERS

By |2017-03-20T17:54:26-04:00July 15th, 2008|Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: |

When he was a state senator in Illinois in June 2002, Barack Obama was explicitly asked by Chicago media personality Jeff Berkowitz whether he supports school vouchers. “I would support anything that is going to be better for the children of Illinois,” he said. He emphatically added that “I am not closed minded on the issue.” [...]

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MYERS STILL WANTS TO ABUSE EUCHARIST; SHOWS DEFERENCE TO ISLAM

By |2019-09-20T18:18:56-04:00July 15th, 2008|Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: |

Catholic League president Bill Donohue commented on the latest developments to surface regarding the pledge made by Paul Z. Myers, a professor at the University of Minnesota, to desecrate the Eucharist: “Myers was quoted yesterday saying, ‘I have to do something. I’m not going to just let this disappear.’ [Last Friday it was reported that he [...]

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HYSTERIA MARKS MYERS AND HIS ILK

By |2017-03-20T17:54:27-04:00July 11th, 2008|Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: |

Yesterday, Catholic League president Bill Donohue issued a news release calling attention to the plea that Paul Zachary Myers made on his blog: he solicited the Communion Host for the express purpose of desecrating it. Donohue now responds to the reaction he has received from the University of Minnesota Morris professor, as well as others: “Myers [...]

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MINNESOTA PROF PLEDGES TO DESECRATE EUCHARIST

By |2017-03-20T17:54:27-04:00July 10th, 2008|Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: |

Paul Zachary Myers, a professor at the University of Minnesota Morris, has pledged to desecrate the Eucharist. He is responding to what happened recently at the University of Central Florida when a student walked out of Mass with the Host, holding it hostage for several days. Myers was angry at the Catholic League for criticizing the [...]

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We Have a New Fan in England!

By |2011-09-01T20:43:00-04:00July 9th, 2008|Categories: Chatterbox...|

Mary Honeyball, a member of the Labour Party in England, has attacked the Catholic Church and Catholic political leaders due to their opposition to a bill promoting embryonic stem cell research. Ms. Honeyball later went on to attack the Catholic League. In a letter to an English newspaper, Honeyball called the league "dangerous." She utilized information [...]

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UCF Matter Unresolved

By |2011-09-01T20:46:43-04:00July 8th, 2008|Categories: Chatterbox...|

The resolution of the matter concerning the UCF student who absconded with the Eucharist and held It for a week remains pending. We will not know the outcome until the student judicial review process is completed. Below is the statement issued by the president of the University: UCF takes this situation seriously and we are glad [...]

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FLORIDA STUDENT ABUSES EUCHARIST

By |2017-03-20T17:54:27-04:00July 7th, 2008|Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: |

To protest student fees for religious services at the University of Central Florida (UCF), a student walked out of a campus Mass on June 29 with the Eucharist. Webster Cook, a student senator, finally returned the Host this past weekend. Catholic League president Bill Donohue offered the following remarks today: “For a student to disrupt Mass [...]

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