Bill Donahue calls to fire Maher over Dan Savage's rant on ..............

[dimbear]

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/11/26/bill-donohue-calls-to-fire-maher-over-dan-savages-rant-on-kiddie-fcking-priests/
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Catholic League President Bill Donohue on Monday demanded that HBO cancel Real Time with Bill Maher after the late night comedian invited on a gay guest who blasted priests who sexually abuse children.

On his Friday night show, Maher pointed out to sex columnist Dan Savage that a Catholic Bishop who opposed marriage equality in Hawaii had said that children with same sex parents were at a greater risk of suicide.

“That’s total bullsh*t,” Savage shot back. “He’s confusing children with gay parents with children who are raped by Catholic priests.”
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dimbear: um hmm. Can't be on cable talking that free speech stuff. It offends. Blech.

[Control-Z]

1. It was a great rant!

Though, Maher did seem to know it would cause some problems as it was happening.

[Warpy]

2. The Catholic League is one sourpuss (Donohue) with a fax

Savage and Maher both know this, they've both lampooned the man.

I can almost feel sorry for Donohue, now he's fighting his own pope. Almost. The laughter ruins the effort.

[JimboBillyBubbaBob]

3. Well stated by Savage.

You call a polecat a polecat!

[applegrove]

4. Good luck with that. Maher is an anchor for HBO. It was a really

great discussion with Dan Savage.

[backscatter712]

5. If he's got the Catholic Man With a Fax throwing a hissy fit, he's doing something right. n/t

[longship]

6. But he's the PRESIDENT of the Catholic League!!!

In other words, he's the one who plugs in the FAX machine every morning.

:yawn:

[backscatter712]

7. A league of one!

[skepticscott]

8. Why do so many people here feel the need to promote this utterly false notion?

Especially when it's ridiculously easy to find out otherwise?

The Catholic League has over 200,000 members, a budget in the millions, a 16 member Board of Directors and a 26 member Board of Advisors. Trying to dismiss Donohue's views as being shared by no other Catholics is simply silly and dishonest.

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