“Can you believe those Catholics telling people how to vote?” That’s exactly what a woman said to her friends as she exited the elevator at the end of the workday. It was Election Day. This anecdote wouldn’t amount to much if it were just that—an anecdote. But as pages 4-7 of this issue demonstrate, it reflected [...]
The attempt by radical secularists to censor Christmas started early this year. They not only want to bar nativity scenes on public property, they want to shut down Christmas celebrations in the workplace. On November 10, in a legal newspaper out of San Francisco, The Recorder, two lawyers advised those who work in human resources to protect [...]
The Catholic League weighed in quickly and decisively in a raging controversy over an attempt by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) to censor a religious message that is posted in the Riverside County courthouse in Riverside, California. The ADL’s Pacific Southwest regional office has sought to get officials of Riverside County to censor a quote by Theodore [...]
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to accept three important religious-liberty cases. No rulings are expected before next spring. Two of the cases deal with the constitutionality of posting copies of the Ten Commandments on public property. Those opposed to such displays maintain that it is wrong for the government to sponsor any religious display. Those [...]
The Catholic League has filed two formal complaints with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) alleging illegal pulpit politics. The first complaint was made against a Miami Baptist church for allowing the church to become the venue of a political rally. On August 29, Bishop Victor T. Curry of Miami’s New Birth Baptist Church welcomed Rev. Al [...]
After years of debate, the District of Columbia now has in place the nation’s first federally funded voucher program. The beneficiaries of the program are almost all non-white: African-Americans, Asians, Hispanics and African immigrants make up 85 percent of the District’s public school students. They may receive as much as $7,500 a year for tuition and [...]
Op-Ed by Terry Eastland, Wall Street Journal, 8/6: “On Monday, the New York-based Catholic League publicized Ms. Peterson’s position, and by Wednesday, she had resigned from the DNC, explaining that it was ‘no longer possible for me to do my job effectively.’ ... When the Catholic League (ever the watchdog) noted Ms. Vanderslice's left-wing activist past and [...]
On July 6, the U.S. Senate voted 51-46 to put J. Leon Holmes on the federal bench in Arkansas. The Catholic League had worked hard to persuade the lawmakers to appoint this quality judge; Holmes is a practicing Catholic who accepts the teachings of the Magisterium. For about a year, the Catholic League has publicly criticized [...]
When the bishops recently assembled in Colorado, they overwhelmingly approved a policy statement on "Catholics in Political Life." Presented on June 18, the position that the bishops staked out on what to do about pro-abortion Catholic politicians was greeted with enthusiasm by the Catholic League. From our point of view, the bishops spoke with convincing clarity [...]
Last year, the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights filed a joint friend-of-the-court brief with the Thomas More Law Center supporting the right of public school students to recite the Pledge of Allegiance. The June 14 ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court, though made on grounds that the plaintiff lacked standing, upholds the constitutionality of [...]
