Bill Donohue comments on the way terrorists are discussed in public life: It took three stories in the New York Times on Muslim killer Omar Mateen before he was identified as a Muslim. When Robert Dear killed three persons in a Planned Parenthood clinic last year, the first word in the New York Times headline was [...]
Bill Donohue comments on the victims' lobby: The plight of those who have been sexually abused, especially minors, is a condition eminently worthy of our compassion. Unfortunately, many of those who have professionally taken up the cause of these victims are dishonest activists who are not above lying to advance their interests. Last week, NY Assemblywoman [...]
Bill Donohue comments on the U.N. Human Rights Committee report on Ireland's law banning abortion: This report was triggered when a woman claimed she was treated unfairly under Irish law. To be specific, she was denied the right to abort her child after her doctor said that her baby had a fatal heart defect and could [...]
Bill Donohue comments on Pennsylvania Catholic lawmakers: They are crying foul. What is really foul is the basis of the complaint made by Pennsylvania Catholic lawmakers: they are upset that priests are calling them out for working against their own religion. In Pennsylvania, as in virtually all states, if a bill to lift the statute of [...]
Bill Donohue is calling for a formal investigation of New York State Assemblywoman Margaret Markey. Her defamation of Brooklyn Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio warrants a probe as to whether she has violated New York State's ethics laws. To read Donohue's request, click here.
Bill Donohue comments on today's lead story in the Daily News: The Daily News is back at it again slamming the Catholic Church. But this time they really did themselves in: They floated a front-page story by a notorious anti-Catholic bigot accusing a local bishop of bribery. Assemblywoman Margaret Markey—the number-one enemy of Catholics in New [...]
Bill Donohue comments on a controversy involving Orthodox Jews: Since the 1990s, a public swimming pool in an Hasidic community in Brooklyn has set aside a number of hours per week to allow women-only sessions. Recently, after one person complained, New York's Commission on Human Rights told the Parks Department that the policy was illegal. The [...]
Bill Donohue comments on today's front-page story in the New York Daily News: The Daily News stooped to a new low yesterday when it assigned reporters to interview the faithful as they exited St. Patrick's Cathedral, and other Catholic churches in New York City; they were asked about proposed changes in the statute of limitations for [...]
Bill Donohue comments on remarks made this week by Aaqil Ahmed, the head of the BBC's religious programming: In 2009, when Aaqil Ahmed was appointed the first Muslim to direct religious programming at the BBC, he was looked upon with some suspicion. The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Rowan Williams, wasn't happy that the "Christian voice is [...]
Bill Donohue comments on a principled ACLU official: Three men over six feet tall invaded a women's bathroom in Atlanta, scaring the daylights out of young African-American girls. The victims' mother, Maya Dillard Smith, is furious. What makes this so newsworthy is that Ms. Smith is the interim president of the ACLU's Georgia chapter. The ACLU [...]
