2007 – June Releases

CHRISTIANS EXCLUDED IN NYC SCHOOLS: COUNCILMAN AVELLA SEEKS TO END DISCRIMINATION

By |2012-10-11T20:37:17-04:00June 28th, 2007|Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: |

Yesterday, New York City Council Member Tony Avella introduced his Department of Education Holiday Display Resolution (Reso. 930/2007).  Avella’s bill calls for a nativity scene to appear alongside the menorah and crescent and star in New York City schools.  Currently, the schools allow only a Christmas tree, a secular symbol of the Christian holiday, to stand [...]

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PRESS CONFERENCE

By |2012-10-11T20:37:23-04:00June 22nd, 2007|Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: |

Who:      Tony Avella, New York City Councilman                         Bill Donohue, Catholic League President                         Ladies of the Ancient Order of Hibernians Representative                         Brian Rooney, Thomas More Law Center When:     Sunday, June 24, 2007; 1:00 p.m. Where:    Steps of City Hall Why:       To support Councilman Avella’s resolution calling for the display of a crèche               [...]

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JUSTICE IN DELAWARE AND MICHIGAN: TEACHERS AND MUSLIMS ARE A PROTECTED CLASS

By |2012-10-11T20:37:32-04:00June 21st, 2007|Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: |

Catholic League president Bill Donohue commented today as follows: “In Delaware, a bill was passed yesterday that eliminates the two-year statute of limitations in cases involving the sexual molestation of minors. But the law does not apply equally to the public sector. Sen. Karen Peterson, the principal sponsor of the bill, took umbrage at our charge [...]

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CHILD RAPE IN DELAWARE: PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS GET A PASS

By |2012-10-11T20:37:34-04:00June 20th, 2007|Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: |

House lawmakers in Delaware approved a bill yesterday that eliminated the two-year statute of limitations for victims of child sex abuse, but it does not apply to public school teachers. An attempt by Rep. Greg Lavelle to pass an amendment waiving immunity for government workers failed (he will try again). The bill now goes back to [...]

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ROBIN WILLIAMS’ SICK IDEA OF HUMOR

By |2017-03-20T17:54:50-04:00June 19th, 2007|Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: |

Last night on the “Tonight Show with Jay Leno,” comedian Robin Williams plugged his upcoming movie, “License to Wed.” In the film, Williams plays a Protestant minister who forces an engaged couple to go through a grueling marriage preparatory course. But last night Williams went off on Catholic priests, painting them all as pedophiles. Williams pretended [...]

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NYC DEPT. OF EDUCATION GETS IT WRONG: CRECHES ARE NOT BANNED FROM THE SCHOOLS

By |2017-03-20T17:54:51-04:00June 19th, 2007|Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: |

Catholic League president Bill Donohue explained today why he is upset with the New York City Department of Education for misrepresenting a federal appeals court decision on the display of crèches in the schools.  At a press conference on Sunday, June 24, on the steps of City Hall (1:00 p.m.), City Council member Tony Avella will [...]

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MUSLIMS SHOULD CONDEMN MUSLIM VIOLENCE

By |2012-10-11T20:37:46-04:00June 15th, 2007|Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: |

According to today’s New York Sun, Harvard professor Jessica Stern told a New York audience yesterday that criticism of Muslim clerics for not condemning Muslim violence was unwarranted. “I’ve heard a lot of bashing of Muslim clerics for not stepping up to the plate and condemning extremist violence,” she said. “But Catholic priests are not stepping up [...]

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UNIV. OF MICHIGAN-DEARBORN SPONSORS RELIGION; STATE SEN. GILDA Z. JACOBS DEFENDS IT

By |2012-10-11T20:37:50-04:00June 11th, 2007|Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: |

Last week, Catholic League president Bill Donohue wrote to Michigan lawmakers regarding news reports that the University of Michigan-Dearborn is planning to spend $25,000 for footbaths so that Muslim students can practice their religion more easily. Of the lawmakers who have responded thus far, only one has defended this arrangement, State Sen. Gilda Z. Jacobs. Jacobs [...]

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BIGOTRY MARKS DEBATE OVER CALIFORNIA ASSISTED-SUICIDE BILL

By |2012-10-11T20:37:54-04:00June 7th, 2007|Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: |

The California assembly is expected to vote next week on a bill that would allow doctors to provide a lethal drug dose to patients who have less than six months to live, are mentally competent and have requested the drug; they would administer it themselves. In the course of the debate over this bill, anti-Catholic bigotry [...]

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IS UNIV. OF MICHIGAN-DEARBORN FUNDING ISLAM?

By |2012-10-11T20:37:58-04:00June 5th, 2007|Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: |

Today’s edition of the Detroit News is reporting that “The University of Michigan-Dearborn plans to spend $25,000 for foot-washing stations, making it easier for Muslim students to practice their religion but sparking questions about the separation of church and state.” Catholic League president Bill Donohue is sending the following letter to all Michigan lawmakers today via e-mail: I [...]

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