A few weeks ago, reports were flying around the Internet that Pope Francis is now promoting divorce as "morally necessary." The pope recently said at the weekly General Audience that "there are cases in which separation is inevitable. Sometimes it can become even morally necessary, precisely when it comes to subtracting the weaker spouse, or small [...]
A couple of weeks ago, several Catholic bashing remarks were made on nighttime TV. On June 6, Showtime ran a rerun of an earlier "HAPPYish" show that featured Ellen Barkin saying that Jesus and Lazarus were lovers. To which Bradley Whitford replied, "I thought it was Judas who f***ed Jesus." On June 7, John Oliver spoke [...]
Many celebrities will do anything to show how utterly welcoming they are of men and women who are in rebellion against their own nature—they applaud every time someone gets Jennerized. But when it comes to Catholics, that's a different story. Indeed, they are obliged to be bigoted. During the Critics' Choice Television Awards on A&E that [...]
During a recent episode of "Real Time with Bill Maher" on HBO, host Bill Maher said Christians have no basis to complain about being defamed or discriminated against because they constitute a majority of the nation. "Seventy percent of the country is Christian, not to mention every president we've ever had," he said. He also said [...]
Recently, a court hearing was heard before a New York State judge that considered the rights of chimpanzees. Steven M. Wise is the president of the Nonhuman Rights Project and he believes that apes should be granted identical rights to most humans. Bill Donohue said most humans because his expansive idea of rights does not extend [...]
A couple of weeks ago, a play known as "An Act of God" opened on Broadway. What's not to like about another religion-bashing Broadway play? Studio 54, home of drug addicts, tramps, and celebrities in the 1970s, is the perfect venue for this gay-happy play starring Jim Parsons. Dressed in a white robe and red sneakers, [...]
During a recent episode of "TMZ," which airs on the Fox Broadcasting Channel, a female commentator and a male announcer took after Bristol Palin, zeroing in on her recently announced pregnancy. Commentator: "So weird she doesn't believe in abortion, but she believes in just like raw dogging it all over." Announcer: "So, thanks, hypocrisy. You're the [...]
Bill Donohue comments on Donald Trump adviser Roger Stone: On July 25, Judge Jeanine Pirro, on her Fox News show, introduced Roger Stone as a "political strategist and Donald Trump adviser." On July 19, the Wall Street Journal wrote the following: "Trump's top strategic advisers include longtime political aide Roger Stone, who ran his 2000 presidential [...]
Bill Donohue comments on Donald Trump's position on abortion: Since 2011, Donald Trump has identified himself as pro-life. But in 1999, when he ran for president, he was an abortion-rights advocate, and even defended partial-birth abortion. So what changed him? On October 24, 1999, Trump told "Meet the Press" host Tim Russert, "I'm very pro-choice." When [...]
Bill Donohue comments on why it pays to be pro-gay: The ADL was founded to combat anti-Semitism; the American Jewish Committee was founded to promote Jewish interests; the Southern Poverty Law Center was founded to fight white racism; La Raza was founded to promote Hispanic rights; the NAACP was founded to stand up for blacks; the [...]
