Bill Donohue comments on a new poll about religious liberty: In January, an AP-GfK poll found that 57 percent agreed that "wedding-related businesses with religious objections should be allowed to refuse service to same-sex couples." Today, a Reuters/Ipsos poll was released that tapped the following questions: "Businesses should not be allowed to discriminate (by refusing services [...]
Bill Donohue comments on a news release he issued earlier today: Approximately two hours ago, we issued a news release taking jewishbusinessnews.com to task for making an anti-Catholic comment in a story about alleged anti-Catholicism (click here). We recently heard from Sima Ella, the CEO of the media outlet; I personally contacted her before going public. [...]
Steven Rosen, co-founder of Rainmaker Associates, a financial recruiting firm, has been sued by one of his employees, Joseph Modica, for allegedly mocking his Catholicism. According to Modica, Rosen said, "You don't really believe Jesus was born to a Virgin Mother, or are you that big of a moron?" He is also accused of saying, "Is [...]
Bill Donohue comments on remarks made today by President Barack Obama at the White House Easter breakfast: "On Easter," the president said, "I do reflect on the fact that as a Christian, I am supposed to love. And I have to say that sometimes when I listen to less than loving expressions by Christians, I get [...]
Bill Donohue comments on how the Easter season was marked by anti-Christianity: Yesterday, Chris Hardwick used his Easter Monday Comedy Central show, "@Midnight," to make a joke about Jesus' resurrection: "Jesus woke up from a nap and now all sins have been wiped clean to make room for even more heinous ones. Whatever you did doesn't [...]
Bill Donohue comments on Rolling Stone's retraction of its bogus story about a gang rape at the University of Virginia: The report by the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism demolishes the many falsehoods presented by Sabrina Rubin Erdely in her infamous Rolling Stone article. Any reputable publication would have fired her and the editors associated with [...]
Bill Donohue comments on the meaning of sexual orientation: The conventional wisdom says that there is no difference between sexual orientation and other demographic characteristics. The conventional wisdom is wrong. Sexual orientation is profoundly unlike such categories as race, ethnicity, nationality, sex, and religion. Why? Because unlike the traditional social classifications, sexual orientation has a teleology, [...]
Bill Donohue comments on the hostile reaction to the owners of Memories Pizza in Walkerton, Indiana not to service gay weddings: Memories Pizza is closed, at least temporarily, because of threatening phone calls. Anti-Christian comments and pictures of nude men have been sent to the owners. We need to call this for what it is—cultural fascism. [...]
Bill Donohue comments on pizza store owners in Indiana who agree with the Indiana religious liberty law and will not service a gay wedding: The O'Connor family has owned Memories Pizza in Walkerton, Indiana for nine years, and it says it will not provide pizzas for a gay wedding. "We're not discriminating against anyone," explains Crystal [...]
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 [...]
