Below is the text of a letter Bill Donohue sent to Debi Gray, executive director of the Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art in Virginia Beach: Dear Ms. Gray: Opening next week at the Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art is an exhibition that features a painting by Mark Ryden, "Rosie's Tea Party." It depicts a young girl [...]
Bill Donohue comments on the decision by the Archdiocese of Louisville to deny a gay couple the right to have a headstone in St. Michael's Cemetery that commemorates their "marriage": At the top of the headstone is the name of the two homosexuals, Bourke and De Leon, and in between is an inscription of wedding rings. [...]
Bill Donohue comments on remarks made by Pope Francis in an interview with the French media: "Pope Rules Out Early Resignation for Cardinal in Paedophilia Storm" "Pope Rules out Early Resignation for French Cardinal" "Pope Shows Support for Cardinal Accused of Covering Up Abuse" "Pope Backing Cardinal Accused of Covering Up 'Abuse'" These are some of [...]
Bill Donohue makes an appeal to TV advertisers: Thousands of television advertisers descended on New York City today; they are assessing the crop of shows for the next TV season. The time is ripe for us to restate our objections to the ABC show, "The Real O'Neals." If these advertising executives are at all objective, they [...]
Bill Donohue comments on the decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to order the lower courts to reconsider the constitutionality of the Health and Human Services (HHS) mandate: Given the 4-4 split in the high court, this ruling is not altogether a bad decision. Ideally, the justices would have affirmed the religious liberty interests that are [...]
Bill Donohue comments on an editorial in yesterday's Washington Post: The Washington Post is on a tear, ripping the Catholic Church for defending itself against professional victims' advocates and their lawyers. On April 20, it ran an editorial blasting the Vatican for not moving fast enough to commence a tribunal that would investigate bishops who allegedly [...]
Bill Donohue comments on the renewal of "The Real O'Neals": For weeks, we have been hearing how "The Real O'Neals" was "on the bubble," meaning that no decision had been made to renew or cancel the show. Now ABC has made it official—the show has been renewed for the new season. The "O'Neals" consistently performed poorly [...]
Bill Donohue comments on the Catholic League's campaign against the ABC show, "The Real O'Neals," and why he is asking Yum! Brands, Inc., owner of KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken) to drop its sponsorship: Please contact Virginia Ferguson, Director of Public Relations for Yum! Brands, Inc. and tell her how offended Catholics are by a show that [...]
Bill Donohue comments on the Catholic League's campaign against the ABC show, "The Real O'Neals," and why he is asking Discover credit card to drop its sponsorship: Please contact Discover's media relations department and tell them how offended Catholics are by a show that is based on the life of an obscene anti-Catholic bigot, Dan Savage [...]
Bill Donohue comments on a bill to intimidate religious colleges and universities: The assault on religious liberty, in the name of LGBT rights, is at the heart of a bill introduced by Rep. Katherine Clark of Massachusetts. She wants to force all religious institutions of higher education to post on their website, and at a prominent [...]
