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January Sarasota, FL — The Sarasota County Superintendent of Schools David Bennett was profiled in Sarasota magazine. In the profile, Mr. Bennett was quoted as saying his interest in civil rights started when, as a child in Chicago in the 1950s and 1960s, he heard that the Catholic Church was buying up homes in certain areas so [...]
WAR ON CHRISTMAS November Bellevue, WA – Shortly after Thanksgiving, Bob McLean, a United States Postal Service letter carrier, was taken off his route by his supervisor because someone complained about his Santa Clause uniform. “The government is shutting me down because it’s a non-postal regulation uniform,” said McLean, a USPS employee since 1971. In past [...]
January 21 – September 21 Nashville, TN – On January 21, Vanderbilt University administrators announced the new “nondiscrimination” policy that stipulated that religious student groups could no longer require their leaders to agree with the respective group’s religious beliefs. Furthermore, religious student groups could also no longer expect their leaders to lead prayer, worship, or Bible [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on critics of Rep. Paul Ryan's remarks on the Texas killings: The secular left is more terrified of religion than it is STDs, and indeed it treats people of faith as if they harbored some deadly infectious disease. Witness the hyperventilating over Rep. Paul Ryan's statement of faith following the [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on recent recipients of the "Genius Grants": The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation annually present a Fellowship to those deemed worthy of what is known as their "genius" award. The winners this year have much in common: 72% of the winners are hard-core left-wing writers, artists and activists. [...]
Bill Donohue addresses the most pressing civil liberties issue of our time: On February 16, the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice will hold a hearing on "The State of Religious Liberty in America." Hopefully, it will accelerate the push to secure this most fundamental of freedoms. President Trump is considering an executive [...]
Catholic League in the news: NORTHJERSEY.COM The St. Joseph’s Healthcare System said in federal court papers that a Totowa transgender man’s lawsuit against it threatens its freedom of religion as a Roman Catholic health provider.The lawsuit was filed days after a federal judge in Texas temporarily blocked federal regulations that extend anti-discrimination protections to transgender patients. Some [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on how the media have covered the news that Texas shooter Devin Kelley was a rabid atheist. The media have had plenty of time to discuss Devin Kelley's atheism and the role it may have played in gunning down the faithful during a religious service in a Texas church. But [...]
