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Donohue: 'Obama Has Always Liked The Idea Of Two Men Getting Married'

Posted 05.11.2012

Read More: Video, Catholic League, Obama Gay Marriage, Human Rights Campaign, Gay Marriage 2012, Bill Donohue, Gay Marriage, Chad Griffin, Religion News

Bill Donohue from The Catholic League faced-off with Chad Griffin of the Human Rights Campaign on CNN about President Obama's decision to support gay...

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Dan Savage Slammed Again: Group Demands Apology After Activist's 'Anti-Catholic' College Speech

Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Dan Savage Elmhurst College, Catholic League, Dan Savage Bible, Dan Savage, It Gets Better, Dan Savage Speech Controversy, Video, Dan Savage Religion, Gay Rights, Elmhurst College, LGBT Rights, Dan Savage Catholic League, Slidepollajax, Anti-Gay Bullying, Gay Youth, Gay Voices News

A religious group are once again fuming over Dan Savage, after video footage that shows the outspoken lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) ri...

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Catholic Group Condemns The Three Stooges, Hollywood For 'Trashing Christianity'

Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Catholic League, Nuns, Catholicism, William Donohue, Three Stooges Controversy, Three Stooges Nuns, Video, Three Stooges Catholicism, Kate Upton Three Stooges, Three Stooges, Larry David, Larry David Three Stooges, The Three Stooges, Bill Donohue, Three Stooges Religion, Religion News

"The Three Stooges" opens around the country today (April 13th), but there is one group that has already deemed the film a stinker. The Catholic ...

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Lady Gaga And The Gospel Of Judas

Rev. Patrick S. Cheng, Ph.D. | Posted 07.16.2011

Read More: Christian Right, Lady GaGa, Judas, Gnosticism, Apocryphal Text, Queer Theology, Noncanonical Gospel, Lgbt People, Catholic League, Southern Poverty Law Center, Christian Hate Groups, National Organization for Marriage, Gospel of Judas, Lady Gaga Judas, Religion News
Rev. Patrick S. Cheng, Ph.D.

Lady Gaga is setting off the Christian right again. In her new video, she sings over and over, "I'm in love with Judas." Is there anything redemptive, theologically speaking, about this song?

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Justices Sidestep Catholics' Case Against San Francisco

Posted 07.03.2011

Read More: Catholic League, Catholic Church, San Francisco Supreme Court, San Francisco Gay Adoption, Gay Adoptions, Cardinal William Levada, Bill Donohue, San Francisco Catholics, Religion News

By Daniel Burke Religion News Service WASHINGTON (RNS) The Supreme Court on Monday (May 2) declined to hear a Catholic group's appeal accusing San Fr...

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Showtime Reveals Skeletons In The Catholic Church's Closet

Cathleen Falsani | Posted 06.07.2011

Read More: Catholic Church, Showtime, New York Catholic League, Cardinal Rodrigo Borgia, Catholic League, Pope Innocent VII, The Borgias, Vatican Secrets, Pope Alexander VI, The Vatican, Religion News
Cathleen Falsani

In its new Sunday night series, The Borgias, Showtime has found the magic combination for ultimate crowd appeal in a scintillating soap opera about a bad-boy pope.

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Critics Wary Of New Smithsonian Review Policy

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Catholic League, A Fire in My Belly, Art, Smithsonian Institution Board of Regents, Smithsonian Censorship, Smithsonian Institute, Hide/Seek, Bill Donohue, David Wojnarowicz, Religion News

By Richard Yeakley Religion News Service WASHINGTON (RNS) Critics who raised objections to a video at a Smithsonian exhibit that showed ants crawling...

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Bill Donohue Wary Of New Smithsonian Review Policy

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Catholic League, A Fire in My Belly, Art, Smithsonian Institution Board of Regents, Smithsonian Censorship, Smithsonian Institute, Hide/Seek, Bill Donohue, David Wojnarowicz, Religion News

By Richard Yeakley Religion News Service WASHINGTON (RNS) Critics who raised objections to a video at a Smithsonian exhibit that showed ants crawling...

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Art, Censorship, and the Scandal of the Cross

Rev. Patrick S. Cheng, Ph.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Catholic League, Andres Serrano, A Fire in My Belly, Art, Episcopal Divinity School, Jesus Christ, Elisabeth OIhlson Wallin, Ecce Homo, My Sweet Lord, Patrick Cheng, Cosimo Cavallaro, Piss Christ, Censorship, David Wojnarowicz, Lgbt, Cross, Crucifix, Smithsonian Institution, Roman Catholic Church, Religion News
Rev. Patrick S. Cheng, Ph.D.

The recent censorship by the Smithsonian Institution of a controversial video clip by the late gay artist David Wojnarowicz - which contained images o...

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Smithsonian: Just Put the Art Back

Michael B. Keegan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Catholic League, Bill Donohue, John Boehner, Politics, Smithsonian, Congress, National Portrait Gallery, Censorship, Eric Cantor, David Wojnarowicz, Arts News
Michael B. Keegan

Everyone makes mistakes under pressure. But the Smithsonian's leaders have the rare opportunity to correct the damage done by their error of removing David Wojnarowicz's A Fire in My Belly exhibit.

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Head of Catholic Bishops Conference Backs Culture Warrior Bill Donohue

Chris Korzen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Catholic Church, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Catholic League, William Donohue, Smithsonian Censorship, Timothy Dolan, Christianity, Archbishop Dolan, Religion News
Chris Korzen

Up until now, it's been easy to dismiss Donohue and the Catholic League as a faith-based fringe movement. But Archbishop Timothy Dolan's recent comments are cause for much deeper concern.

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The Importance Of Mary's Virginity

Rita Nakashima Brock, Ph. D. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nativity, King Herod, Christmas Commentary, Advent, The Magnificat, Virgin Mary, Christmas, Catholic League, Immaculate Conception, Virgin Birth, Virginity, Lincoln Tunnel, Christianity, Religion News
Rita Nakashima Brock, Ph. D.

It is quite possible as a Christian to believe Jesus had a biological father and believe the story of the virgin conception says something important. It all depends on what you think "virgin" means.

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hide/seek exhibit

Jon O'Brien | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Catholic Church, Smithsonian, Smithsonian Institute, National Portrait Galley, Censorship, Bill Donohue, David Wojnarowicz, Catholic League, Catholics for Choice, Religion News
Jon O'Brien

We at Catholics for Choice are very disappointed in your decision to remove David Wojnarowicz's "A Fire in My Belly." Censorship of the arts is the last thing that an art institution should be doing.

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The GOP and the Artist Who Spoiled Yet Another Christmas

Michael B. Keegan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Smithsonian, Catholic League, National Portrait Gallery, John Boehner, Tea Party, Bill Donohue, Censorship, Eric Cantor, David Wojnarowicz, Arts News
Michael B. Keegan

The path from David Wojnarowicz's struggle with AIDS to a Smithsonian museum announcing, ironically on World AIDS Day, that Wojnarowicz's artwork might spoil someone's Christmas, says a lot about American politics.

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Colorado Councilman May Want to Explore Why Art "Turned Him On?"

Leanne Goebel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Daryle Klassen, Loveland Museum Gallery, Bill Donohue, Catholic League, Shark's Ink, Jesus Christ, Enrique Chagoya, Pornography, The Misadventures of Romantic Cannibals, Obscenity, Art Exhibitions, Denver News
Leanne Goebel

Conservatives are turning an exhibition at the Loveland Museum Gallery in Denver into a political action issue for the upcoming election. Most of those railing against it have never even seen the artwork.

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The Empire (State Building) Strikes Back: Cutting Bill Donohue's King-Kong-Sized Ego Down To Size

Jon O'Brien | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jon O'Brien

Not only is Donohue calling for a significant celebratory acknowledgment of Mother Teresa, he is also using this campaign to raise funds for his organization. Bill Donohue is a disgrace.

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Mother Teresa's Centenary Bash: Why I'm Against It

Michele Somerville | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Catholic League, Bill Donohue, Mother Teresa, Bill Donohue Anthony Malkin, Bill Donohue Mother Teresa, Empire State Building Mother Teresa, Mother Teresa 100th Birthday, Mother Teresa Birthday, Mother Teresa Empire State Building, Mother Theresa Birthday, Catholic League Mother Teresa, Christianity, Mother Theresa, Mother Theresa 100th Birthday, Religion News
Michele Somerville

If Catholics wish to celebrate Mother Teresa's life in a reverent way, let them donate the costs of this vulgar and faintly punitive birthday celebration to an agency that offers single, poor women housing and support while pregnant.

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New Gay Street Beat Podcast Talks About DADT, Music, Target, and More

Waymon Hudson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Catholic League, Scott Nevins, Podcast, National Organization for Marriage, Noah's Arc, Nom Bus Tour, Gay Street Beat, Bill Donahue, Lgbt, Patrik-Ian Polk, Project LifeVest, Dadt, Fol Chen, LGBT Rights, Target Boycott, Don't Ask Don't Tell Repeal, Jim Ver Steeg, Derrick Martin, Politics News
Waymon Hudson

I was back on the new LGBT podcast "Gay Street Beat" this week for their latest edition and wanted to share it with all of you!

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Bill Donohue Must Resign, For The Good of American Catholics

Alex Wilhelm | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Catholic Church, Christianity, Lady GaGa, Vatican, Catholic League, Steven Hawking, Pope Benedict XVI, Religion News
Alex Wilhelm

Bill Donahue, president of the Catholic League, needs to be reined in before he completely destroys the reputation of the Catholic Church in the United States.

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I Want Bill Donohue in a Steel Cage

Scott Janssen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Catholic Church, Don King, Wisconsin, Catholic League, Hbo, Cnn, Plagiarism, New York Times, Sexual Abuse, Bill Donohue, Pedophilia, Pope Benedict XVI, Comedy News
Scott Janssen

Bill Donohue, leader of The Catholic League -- an excuse agency and PR wing of the Catholic Church -- is a walking punchline to the joke that has become the Catholic Church,

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Bill Donohue: 'There's A Connection Between Homosexuality And Sexual Abuse Of Minors' (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Catholic League, Catholic Church Sex Abuse, Bill Donohue Catholic Church Sex Abuse, Vatican, Bill Donohue Gay, Bill Donohue Homosexuality, Bill Donohue, Religion News

***UPDATED BELOW*** Bill Donohue has been vigorously defending the Catholic Church and Pope Benedict XVI as the child sexual abuse scandal continue...

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N.Y. Icon Takes Dim View Of Mother Teresa's Birthday

Religion News Service | By Fernando Alfonso | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Christianity, Catholic League, Mother Teresa Birthday, Mother Teresa, Mother Theresa Birthday, Mother Theresa, New York Catholic League, Catholic League New York, Religion News

By Fernando Alfonso Religion News Service (RNS) In a bid to honor what would have been Mother Teresa's 100th birthday on Aug. 26, the New York-based ...

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Angels & Demons: It's A Thriller, Not A Crusade

Ron Howard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Catholic Church, Religion, Ron Howard, Angels and Demons, Catholic League, Angels and Demons Controversy, Ron Howard Angels and Demons, Angels & Demons, Catholicism, Ron Howard Catholicism, Bill Donohue, Angels and Demons Movie, William Donohue Angels and Demons, Dan Brown, Entertainment News
Ron Howard

William Donohue of the Catholic League is on a mission, and the goal of his mission is clear: to paint me and the movie I directed, Angels & Demons, as anti-Catholic.

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Tough Times for the Catholic Right

Chris Korzen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Abortion, Catholic Church, Christianity, Catholic League, Election, McCain Catholics, Obama Catholics, Catholic Vote, Politics News
Chris Korzen

The Catholic right's message loses its effectiveness when voters realize it uses the same logic that impelled Catholic voters to help re-elect Bush in 2004 -- who turned out to be a disaster for Catholic values.

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John McCain: Just How Pro-Life?

Chris Korzen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Abortion, John McCain, Catholic League, William Donohue, Deal Hudson, Catholic, Politics News
Chris Korzen

Wednesday's announcement that abortion rights supporter Rudy Giuliani will deliver the keynote address at this year's Republican National Convention s...

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