Catholic League president Bill Donohue raises some issues with respect to Gay Pride Month: To many Americans, gay pride month is about giving due recognition to lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transgender persons and queers (LGBTQ). These are Americans who have been marginalized because of their status and are seeking an end to it. To be sure, there [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on the results of new Gallup surveys on abortion: Two recently released Gallup surveys on abortion show how mixed Americans are on this subject. One of them is titled, "Americans Still Oppose Overturning Roe v. Wade." This a gross simplification. Indeed, by analyzing Gallup's own data, the opposite case could [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on the latest attack on U.S. bishops: President Biden says he is a "devout Catholic," yet he continues to oppose many of the most serious Catholic teachings that bear on public policy. This is of great concern to the bishops, and a large contingent of them are considering whether Biden [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on the persecution of Catholics in China: We are asking Sen. Robert Menendez, the chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, to conduct hearings into Communist China's war on Catholics. While conditions have never been auspicious for Catholics there, or for other religious bodies, matters have recently gotten out [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue addresses the issue of partisanship on behalf of the bishops: A week from today there will be a virtual meeting of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB). Critics of the bishops are accusing them of being political partisans. They are wrong. While every bishop has his own political leanings, [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on the politics of the ACLU: Michael Powell has done some great work at the New York Times, and his lengthy 3615-word article on the ACLU that was published June 7 is no exception. I know the ACLU well. As part of my Ph.D. dissertation on the ACLU that I [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on an anti-Catholic ad that is currently airing on TV in some markets: There is a despicable anti-Catholic ad running on some TV networks. It is produced by Lacuna Ventures, LLC, a company with offices on Long Island and Westchester, New York. The website that features the ad is righttofight.com. [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on a Catholic League report: We have prepared a report, "President Biden's Policies: Departures from Catholic Teachings," that outlines many instances where his decision-making on important moral issues is at variance with established Catholic teachings. It has been sent to all the bishops in the United States. To read the [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on what's going on at the National Catholic Reporter: There is nothing new about the National Catholic Reporter working to undermine Catholic teachings, but their latest attack on the bishops is in a class of its own. Consider its June 3rd editorial. The backdrop to the Reporter's angst is the [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on a radical sex education bill that passed the Illinois legislature on May 28: There is a sex education bill sitting before Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker that is the most wildly irresponsible assault on common decency and common sense ever proposed; in a stealth move, it was passed by state [...]
