Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on the resignation of New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman: New York Governor Eliot Spitzer championed women's rights, even as he paid for prostitutes behind his wife's back. New York Congressman Anthony Weiner championed women's rights, even as he used his 5-year-old son as a "chick magnet" to lure minors [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on a controversial California bill: There are many moral, legal, and professional issues involved in a California bill, AB 2943, which seeks to amend the state's consumer fraud laws by banning gay and transgender conversion therapy. Whether such therapy works or not, or is morally defensible, may not be as [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on the legacy of Karl Marx: May 5th marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Karl Marx. He is being celebrated by those who are horrified by Hitler, which makes their opposition to genocide phony. What Marx bequeathed—his legacy is written in blood—makes Hitler look benign. This is why [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on the House Chaplain controversy: "No one is better suited to step into this role [as chief of staff] than Jonathan Burks," said Rep. Paul Ryan in December 2016. "Simply put, he can do it all...[T]here's never been a job I couldn't throw at him." Wrong. Ryan threw the job [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on a new congressional association: A congressional club for atheists? Yes, one was founded this week, but it did not get off to a roaring start: Of the 535 members of Congress, we can count on one hand how many members there are: four. There are probably more left-handed vegans [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on the firing of a New York Times reporter: The New York Times is not coming clean. It has another problem with a male reporter sexually harassing female employees, and it won't give us the details. I knew there was something fishy when I read a small story on May [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on Wisconsin Senator Tammy Baldwin's decision to reject a nominee to the federal bench: Wisconsin Senator Tammy Baldwin has told her home-state nominee to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, Gordon Giampietro, that she will not support him by returning a favorable blue slip to the [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on Australian Cardinal George Pell's day in court: Cardinal George Pell pleaded "not guilty" on May 1 to charges of sexual misconduct dating back decades ago. Though the majority of the charges against him were either thrown out or withdrawn, including the most serious accusations, Melbourne Magistrate Belinda Wallington said [...]
