Monthly Archives: August 2009

DEBUNKING THE MYTH-BUSTERS: ABORTION IS IN HEALTH BILLS

By |2012-10-22T20:13:52-04:00August 14th, 2009|Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: , |

Catholic League president Bill Donohue commented today on the health care bills: In today’s New York Daily News, there is an article seeking to debunk various myths about the health care bills. Unfortunately, the two reporters were guilty of floating the myth that “None of the bills working their way through Congress provides any federal funds [...]

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OBAMA SEEKS RELIGIOUS SUPPORT FOR BILL; BISHOPS ALREADY SAY NO

By |2017-03-20T17:53:48-04:00August 12th, 2009|Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: |

On August 19, President Barack Obama will join in a call-in and audio Webcast with religious leaders seeking to win their support for a health care bill. Catholic League president Bill Donohue explains why the bishops won’t be on board: Yesterday, Justin Cardinal Rigali, chairman of the Committee on Pro-Life Activities for the United States Conference [...]

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EEOC-CHARLOTTE UNDER SCRUTINY

By |2012-10-11T19:48:05-04:00August 12th, 2009|Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: |

The following letter was written today by Catholic League president Bill Donohue to Reuben Daniels, Jr., director of the Equal Employment Opportunity District Office in Charlotte, North Carolina: Dr. William Thierfelder, president of Belmont Abbey College, was notified in March that an investigation by your office of alleged wrongdoing was closed. At issue was the right [...]

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ABORTION IS KILLING HEALTH CARE REFORM

By |2017-03-20T17:53:49-04:00August 11th, 2009|Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: |

Catholic League president Bill Donohue questions why abortion is still included in the health care bills before Congress: Two weeks into the Obama administration, a Gallup poll reported that the president received high marks from the public on most issues. The one glaring exception was abortion: only 35 percent agreed with him on allowing funding of [...]

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Changing Face of Priests and Nuns

By |2017-03-20T17:53:49-04:00August 11th, 2009|Categories: Chatterbox...|

Georgetown’s Center for Applied Research has released a study showing that men and women entering the priesthood and joining an order of nuns are more likely to be non-white and conservative than their predecessors. Asians, Pacific Islanders, Latinos and Africans make up an increasing share of the new recruits. Also, young women joining an order of [...]

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NYU LAW DEAN RESPONDS TO DONOHUE: REQUESTED EVIDENCE ABSENT

By |2019-09-20T15:46:44-04:00August 6th, 2009|Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: |

Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on an e-mail he received from New York University Law Dean Richard Revesz about the controversy surrounding Singaporean law professor Thio Li-ann: It is my position that an organized campaign of intimidation forced Professor Thio to reconsider her willingness to teach a course this fall at NYU. It is also [...]

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NYU LAW SCHOOL: NO CONSERVATIVE CHRISTIANS NEED APPLY

By |2012-10-11T19:48:06-04:00August 4th, 2009|Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: |

Dr. Thio Li-ann, professor at the National University of Singapore, was invited to teach at New York University Law School this fall. After it was discovered that the Christian professor, while serving as a Singaporean lawmaker in 2007, opposed a repeal of the law proscribing homosexual acts, NYU students and alumni organized to protest her appointment. [...]

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Voice Affiliate Folds

By |2011-09-01T18:07:54-04:00August 3rd, 2009|Categories: Chatterbox...|

The Milwaukee affiliate of Voice of the Faithful is calling it quits. They correctly diagnosed the problem: they lost their way, ticked off conservatives and became a clone of Call to Action. Their last event will be September 26—Father Richard McBrien of Notre Dame has been tapped to preside over the funeral. We expect it won’t [...]

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