On the night of the Catholic League’s rally against "Corpus Christi," People for the American Way led a small band of anti-free speech protesters objecting to the league’s First Amendment right to voice its opposition to the play. Joining the attack on the Catholic League’s free speech was the National Campaign for Freedom of Expression, National [...]
The Catholic League is delighted with the strong support it has received for its protest of Terrence McNally’s blasphemous play, "Corpus Christi." It is proud to announce that the following 49 organizations, representing the four major religions in the United States today, have signed a formal letter of protest objecting to the play: Acton Institute for [...]
In the "Weekend" section of the September 18th edition New York Times, several plays were advertised on one page. Four of them deal with Catholicism, one way or another: "Corpus Christi"; "Tony n’ Tina"; "Nunsense A-Men!"; and "Late Nite Catechism." Their treatment of Catholicism, as even reviewers have noted, ranges from ridicule to blasphemy. The Catholic League issued [...]
Over the summer, the Catholic League garnered the support of over 40 Catholic, Protestant, Jewish and Muslim national organizations, all of which signed a statement of protest against the Terrence McNally play, "Corpus Christi." The names of the organizations will be released to the press prior to September 22, the night of the preview, and will [...]
A Cincinnati attorney is suing the United States government because Christmas is recognized as a legal holiday. On August 4, Richard Ganulin filed suit yesterday in U.S. District Court arguing that it is unconstitutional for Congress to proclaim Christmas as a national holiday. In his lawsuit, Ganulin said that he is "damaged" by enforcement of the [...]
Terrence McNally’s "Corpus Christi," a play about a Christ-like character who has sex with the apostles, is scheduled to open in New York this fall. It had previously been withdrawn but then it was rescheduled; the producer, the Manhattan Theatre Club, succumbed to pressure from the artistic community and put the play back on the drawing [...]
In response to concerns raised by the Catholic League, Digital Equipment Corporation of Massachusetts has withdrawn an ad that the league found objectionable. The ad promoted Digital computers, contrasting them with a well-known competitor. What the league found unacceptable was the large graphic that featured the Inquisition: monks were depicted holding crucifixes in the face of [...]
This fall, the Manhattan Theatre Club is scheduled to produce a Terrence McNally play, "Corpus Christi," that makes reference to Jesus having sex with the twelve apostles. When the Catholic League learned of this play, it immediately voiced its objections; its news release was picked up by newspapers across the country. This, in turn, led to [...]
The April 25 edition of Fox’s "Mad TV" contained a skit about an Irish Catholic priest who visits a patient in the hospital. It intimated that the priest was a child molester and an alcoholic. It showed him grabbing the behind of the mother of the dying patient and repeatedly fondling the breasts of the patient. [...]
The phones at the Catholic League rang off the hook in response to the April 7 episode of the ABC show, "That’s Life." Here is how league president William Donohue described the show to the press: "No show that I have ever seen was as viciously anti-Catholic as last night’s episode of ‘That’s Life.’ It was [...]
