Catholic League president Dr. William A. Donohue announced today the beginning of a New York subway ad campaign that challenges the accepted wisdom on condoms. Responding to subway ads this past winter of the Gay Men's Health Crisis, Dr. Donohue emphasized that the Catholic League's ad seeks to change the nature of the debate about the [...]
On April 19th, Carnegie-Mellon University admitted that it made a "mistake" in charging Patrick Mooney with harassment. The charge was made after Mooney conveyed to a visiting professor his outrage over the distribution of a vile portrait of John Cardinal O'Connor. Mooney was also charged with the offense of removing one of the unauthorized posters (it [...]
The recently concluded three week Preparatory Committee meeting of the International Conference on Population and Development was marred by several incidents of Catholic-bashing. In a statement released today, Dr. William A. Donohue, president of the Catholic League, detailed his objections: "The Preparatory Committee meeting of the International Conference on Population and Development was designed to facilitate [...]
On April 11, 1994, David Hubicki, a temporary employee at the Department of Civil Service in Albany, New York, was ordered by his supervisor, Ms. Imogene Bessette, to remove a 3x5 picture of the Sacred Heart of Jesus from his desk. When he protested, he was told that there was a department-wide rule barring the display [...]
According to news reports, senior officials in the New York Republican party have determined that the Republican party gubernatorial nominee must fit a certain demographic mold. The candidate must be Catholic, pro-choice and fiscally conservative. The plain effect of this test is to exclude people like Herb London, who is both Jewish and pro-life, from consideration [...]
Carnegie-Mellon University has placed a student, Patrick Mooney, on probation for removing an anti-Catholic poster from the school. The poster, which featured a picture of John Cardinal O'Connor with the inscription "Know Your Scumbags" alongside it, was posted by the gay campus organization, cmuOUT. On a related matter, harassment charges were levied against Mooney for simply [...]
