Bill Donohue comments on last night's episode of "The Real O'Neals": Last night's show—it promises to be one of the very last—floated two falsehoods: Jimmy, the straight brother of his gay sibling, Kenny, observed that "10 percent of the population is gay"; he also suggested that most of those who object to gay porn are homophobic [...]
Bill Donohue comments on how The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights is waging war on religious liberty: Tomorrow, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in a case that pits the Obama administration against non-profit groups, mostly Catholic, which object to the Health and Human Services mandate. This provision would force religious non-profits [...]
Bill Donohue comments on last night's episode of "Conan": We never heard of comedian Emily Galati, and that may explain why she crossed the line last night on "Conan"—she is getting desperate. Her solo performance, fortunately, had no interaction with the host. Galati's monologue centered on birth control and Christians. "I'm not that into Jesus if [...]
Last spring, Bill Donohue was contacted by Brent Bozell's Media Research Center to sign a petition protesting a new ABC sitcom, "The Real O'Neals." Though the show was not slated to air until this year, from what we could learn, it was clear that Catholics would be treated unfairly. After all, it was loosely based on [...]
The Doritos Super Bowl ad that showed an ultrasound picture of a baby carried by the baby's mother was condemned by the pro-abortion group, NARAL, for "humanizing the fetus." It did just that. What else could it have done? As Scottish professor Malcolm Nicolson has said, ultrasound has a "humanizing effect" that is so powerful that [...]
About a year ago, I was asked by a staffer for Tom Monaghan (of Domino's Pizza fame) to speak at the 2016 Legatus conference. He was upset that Catholics are too complacent; he wanted me to address why. Legatus, founded by Tom, is an organization of Catholic business elites, many of whom are CEOs. I was [...]
Robert Royal Anti-Catholicism in America stems from many sources. Historically, of course, this predominantly Protestant nation had a built-in prejudice against Catholics, on theological grounds. But there were many other factors as well. Our mostly British early Americans also resented it when large waves of immigrants—Irish, German, Polish, Italian, and many others who were largely Catholic—began [...]
A few weeks ago, Donald Trump went on a tear at Liberty University. "We're going to protect Christianity," he said. This needs to be done because "Christianity is under siege." He noted that in Syria, "if you're Christian, they're chopping heads, they're under siege!" Aside from addressing the "War on Christmas," all of Trump's references to [...]
On December 18, 2011, Donald Trump's national spokeswoman, Katrina Pierson sent the following tweet: "Just saw a commercial from Catholic Church stating that Catholic Church was started by Jesus. I bet they believe that too." No one makes a comment like this without harboring an animus against Catholicism. It would be instructive to learn more about [...]
The Catholic League never condemns anyone for expressing disagreement, in a reasonable manner, with a public policy position taken by the Catholic Church or a Church leader. Thus we have no reason to condemn Donald Trump for simply expressing his disagreement with Pope Francis on the issue of immigration. Yet we have the spectacle of Niall [...]
