Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on the polling results of two surveys on abortion: As a social scientist who has analyzed and written about polling data for many years, I am always taken aback when I encounter dishonest surveys. The latest example of this is a survey done by Gallup on the subject of abortion; [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on an article about Catholic representation on the Supreme Court: Are there too many Jews on the Supreme Court? Just raising the question is enough to raise eyebrows. In some circles it would be proof of bigotry. Count me among those who would detect at least a whiff of anti-Semitism. [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on remarks made about abortion in the wake of President Trump's pick of Judge Brett Kavanaugh for the Supreme Court: Most Americans who defend abortion rights are conflicted over the issue: they may want it to be legal, but they also support many restrictions on it. Whether those restrictions involve [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on Judge Brett Kavanaugh's suitability for the U.S. Supreme Court: All four of President Trump's short list of Supreme Court nominees were splendid selections. Congratulations to his top choice, Judge Brett Kavanaugh. There are four reasons why the Catholic League believes he is a great pick. 1) Kavanaugh came down [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on recent remarks made by Bill Maher: On July 8, HBO aired a stand-up comedy special, "Bill Maher: Live From Oklahoma." As usual, Maher took shots at Catholicism, but did not stop with that—he lashed out at me. Maher went on a tear calling out the Catholic League for protesting [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on the possibility of President Trump picking Judge Amy Coney Barrett for the high court: If President Trump chooses to nominate Judge Amy Coney Barrett to replace Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, two senators should recuse themselves: Dick Durbin and Dianne Feinstein. Senators Durbin and Feinstein have already evinced an [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on Pennsylvania state legislator Mark Rozzi: Pennsylvania Rep. Mark Rozzi's shameless grandstanding may finally have caught up with him. Under the guise of protecting children, Rozzi has spent the last several years targeting the Catholic Church—exclusively—while giving a pass to virtually all other institutions beset by predatory adults abusing minors. [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on the reaction of pro-abortion activists to news about the Supreme Court: Pro-abortion activists are in a state of hysteria. They are still reeling from the decision by the U.S. Supreme Court defending the right of crisis pregnancy centers to operate unimpeded by the politics of their adversaries. Then they [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on how the media are covering Catholicism: Last week, Pope Francis commented on problems at the U.S. border. "During the Obama years I celebrated Mass at Ciudad Juárez, while on the other side of the border 50 bishops concelebrated, and in the stadium there were many people. The problem already [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on remarks made yesterday by Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor: U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor is accusing some of her colleagues of duplicity. She called them out for saying religious hostility was in play against the baker in the Masterpiece Cakeshop decision, but no such bias was evident in [...]