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Perhaps the most revolutionary changes on the Supreme Court began in the 1930's. That is when President Franklin D. Roosevelt began to choose justices inclined to approach the Constitution in a "broad" and "flexible" spirit. Some of his appointees were crudely anti-Catholic. Hugo L. Black (1937-71) was a lapsed Baptist who, like many ex-fundamentalists, retained anti-Catholicism [...]
Movies | Newspapers | Periodicals | Radio | Television |Internet | Books MOVIES February Miramax, the movie production house owned by Disney, scheduled the film "40 Days and 40 Nights" for release. Actor Josh Hartnett plays a Catholic who pledges to give up sex for Lent but has his will tested by his ex-girlfriend. Because the movie was scheduled to open during Lent (March 1), William Donohue [...]
Below is a sampling of Letterman's anti-Catholic bigotry excerpted from CL Press releases. "WHAT COUNTS AS OFFENSIVE?" 4/22/2015 David Letterman warmed up his audience by making a joke about women. He said, "Treat a lady like a whore, and a whore like a lady." The audience didn't think this was funny, so he dropped it. Letterman [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on the way anti-Catholic jokes are being received today: Ask any comedian how he feels today about telling jokes about certain protected classes of people—gays being the most protected—and he will confess what a minefield it is trying not to offend the politically correct police. But the sensitivity cops still [...]
Bill Donohue has advice for Trevor Noah, the comedian chosen by Comedy Central to replace Jon Stewart on "The Daily Show." Noah has gotten himself into some lukewarm water by trashing women and Jews. The only reason he is not in hot water is because he is Comedy Central's new hire, the favorite network of liberal [...]
Last month, the final episode of "Late Night with David Letterman" aired on CBS. Below is a sampling of host David Letterman's history of Catholic bashing excerpted from Catholic League press releases. "WHAT COUNTS AS OFFENSIVE?" 4/22/2015 David Letterman warmed up his audience by making a joke about women. He said, "Treat a lady like a [...]
During a recent episode of "Saturday Night Live," Louis C.K. said the following about child molesters: "Child molesters are very tenacious people," Louis C.K. told the SNL audience. "They love molesting childs [sic]—it's crazy. It's like their favorite thing! It's so crazy, because when you consider the risk in being a child molester...there is no worse [...]
Bill Donohue comments on a bill that will soon be introduced in Albany that will eliminate the statute of limitations for sexual abuse crimes against minors: On April 1, I issued a news release that was critical of New York State Senator Brad Hoylman for sponsoring a bill that would exclude public institutions from legislation eliminating [...]
