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Article: Catholic League chief betrays ignorance

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December 23, 2004
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WILLIAM DONOHUE, PRESIDENT OF THE Catholic League for Civil and Religious Rights, used the Advent season to press his organization's professed mission in a remarkable way.

The league describes itself as the "nation's largest Catholic civil rights organization." It publishes laudatory testimonials about itself from bishops and cardinals who lead some of the largest U.S. Catholic archdioceses.

On Dec. 8, Mr. Donohue appeared on MSNBC's Scarborough Country, one of the many "shout shows" regularly featured on cable television. Pat Buchanan was "guest host," and the issue to be illuminated was whether Academy Award judges might nominate Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11 but not Mel Gibson's The ...

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