Offensive ads depicting pop star Madonna and the Virgin Mary and Infant Jesus quickly came down from New York City public buses and telephone booths in the wake of a firestorm of protest initiated by the Catholic League in late September. The ads, which bore the legend "The difference between you and your parents," promoted VH-1, [...]
by Patrick Riley A nationally heralded report that aims at "bridging the gap" between religion and the news media features a dismissive critique of a similar study sponsored by the Catholic League and the Knights of Columbus (Media Coverage of the Catholic Church) and chalks up perceived bias as simply lack of knowledge on the part of reporters. [...]
by Karen Lynn Krugh In August she reported from Denver. This past month we find Karen Lynn Krugh reporting from the Christian Coalition conference in Washington. For two days in September, over 2,000 members of the Christian Coalition descended on Washington, D.C. for their third annual conference. Far from being a gathering solely of Pat Robertson [...]
Dr. Joycelyn Elders, President Clinton's nominee for the post of Surgeon General, is on record as being anti-Catholic. The Catholic League, in a July 22 news release, quoted several public statements by Elders indicative of her hostility towards the Catholic Church. (The full text of the League news release appears on pg. 2). Bishop James T [...]
In a lead editorial on Monday, August 2, the Washington Post called Catholic League criticism of Dr. Joycelyn Elders "right." The editorial dismissed opposition to Elders because of her stands on "sex education, abortion and contraception." But when it came to the League's criticism of Elders as anti-Catholic, the Post acknowledged there was a problem: Over the [...]
The Supreme Court divided 5-4 in deciding the First Amendment's establishment clause does not bar a school district from providing a sign language interpreter to a profoundly deaf high school student at the Catholic high school he attends. Chief Justice William Rehnquist, joined by Justices Byron White, Antonio Scalia, Anthony Kennedy and Clarence Thomas, wrote the majority [...]
Public school systems that allow their schools to be used after hours by community groups cannot refuse to extend the same privilege to religious groups, the Supreme Court has ruled. In an opinion written by Justice Byron White, the Court reaffirmed the principle that "the First Amendment forbids the government to regulate speech in ways that [...]
The Supreme Court has ruled that ordinances enacted by a Florida city banning ritual animal sacrifice violate the free exercise clause of the First Amendment to the Constitution. In Lukumi v. City of Hialeah, the Court decided that the ordinances passed by the City Council of Hialeah, Florida infringe on the religious freedom rights of the adherents of [...]
