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I just read on the Laura Ingraham site that Rosie O Donnel believes that Catholics should not sit on the Supreme Court as it violates the separation of Church and state. Please join me in protesting ABC and calling for her to be fired for her religious bigotry and intolerance.
Laura Ingraham site has a link to the ABC complaint site.
Holly

This is from the Catholic League by William Donohue...April 19, 2007

DISNEY/ABC NEEDS TO REIN ROSIE IN

On today�s edition of the ABC show, �The View,� the discussion turned to the Supreme Court�s ruling yesterday affirming the partial-birth abortion ban. In an angry tone, Rosie O�Donnell asked, �You know what concerns me? How many of the Supreme Court judges are Catholic, Barbara?� Walters responded, �Five.� O�Donnell: �Five. Five are Catholic. Separation of church and state, America.� Walters then said that when the Catholic justices were vetted, they said they would not vote in a particular way because of their religion. But she then said, �It is interesting they�re Catholic.� After others spoke, Walters said she thought the justices were able to separate their faith from everyday life. To which O�Donnell replied, �From your everyday life but not hopefully from the foundation of our government. Separation of church and state.�



Catholic League president Bill Donohue addressed this issue today:



�This is O�Donnell�s eighth attack on Catholics since September. She has said there is no difference between radical Christians and radical Muslims (9-12-06); she has ridiculed the Eucharist (9-28-06); she has falsely claimed that the pope was in charge of policing miscreant priests since the 1980s and did nothing about them (10-2-06); she repeated the lie about the pope again (10-27-06); she has mocked priestly celibacy (2-7-07); she ridiculed the Eucharist again (2-27-07); she mocked Catholic teaching on the Bible and the Virgin Birth (3-26-07); and now she is complaining about too many Catholics on the high court.



�On December 8, 2006, O�Donnell apologized for offending the Chinese after Chinese-American groups protested the way she ridiculed them the week before. On January 18, 2007, ABC said of �Grey�s Anatomy� star Isaiah Washington�s anti-gay slur, �We take this situation very seriously, and his actions are unacceptable and are being addressed.�



�Accordingly, we are asking Anne Sweeney, Co-Chair Disney Media Networks and President, Disney-ABC Television Group, to demand that O�Donnell apologize to Catholics and that O�Donnell be treated with as much seriousness as was shown Washington.�



Contact her at anne.sweeney@disney.com

Please add a link where you can lodge a protest of he vehement bigotry.
Stephanos I

Rosie O'Donnell is a vile disgusting pig. It may well be the only issue ever on which I will agree with Donald Trump.

That and Mr. Trump's shaving of Vince McMahon's head on Professional "Wrestling."

The rest is pre-edited so as not to offend with my "View" of Rosie O'Donnell.

According to the Catholic League the Anne Sweeney email is shut down....so NB: It appears that the address above has been disabled due to a high volume of e-mails. Please phone your complaints into 818-569-7700.
or
http://abc.go.com/site/contactus.html

The only way she will get off the air is if all Catholics and Christians complain!

Holly

Dear Friends,

I just went to the link provided and issued a complaint against Rosie O'Donnell's offensive anti-Catholic remarks--and I explained that they offend me deeply as a Greek Orthodox Christian!

Alice

The best way to get Rosie O'Donnell off the air is to hit the advertisers of that program where it hurts the most - on the bottom line.

Of course, we all know that O'Donnell would not dare say that about those of the Jewish faith, or Muslims.

O'Donnell is a bitter, angry and - by all appearances - a hateful woman.
She needs to be pitied and prayed for - which in no way excuses her disgusting diatribes.

I did both. I said I was highly offened and unless some kind of action was taken I would stop watching ABC and stop supporting and of their sponsors.
Stephanos I

I must admit that I had not previously heard of Rose O'Donnell - the clan O'Domhnaill should be ashamed of her (and I don't doubt that they are, if they've heard of her).

It is not for nothing that anti-Catholicism is often described as "the anti-semitism of the intellectuals! Can you imagine what would happen if anyone had spoken against any other religious or ethnic group in the way that she spoke against Catholics?

Makes my blood run cold. Bad stuff, bigotry. My great-grandfather defended Old Saint Patrick's Cathedral in New York against the Know-Nothing riots - we may need him again.

Fr. Serge

IT GOT EVEN Worse! Please call the number at the bottom and go to ABC's website again to complain again! I think we shoult threaten a boycott...April 23, 2007

BARBARA WALTERS ALLOWS CATHOLIC BASHFEST

Catholic League president Bill Donohue commented on today�s edition of the ABC show, �The View�:



�Two angry ex-Catholics, Rosie O�Donnell and Joy Behar, teamed up with Elisabeth Hasselbeck, a self-described �Christian,� to mock the Catholic Church once again on a show run by a Jew, Barbara Walters. Walters professed ignorance today about all matters Catholic, but as it turned out, she was not the only ignoramus on the panel: none of the women had a clue about the subjects that were discussed. It was quite a spectacle. Though there never has been any Catholic doctrinal teaching on Limbo, O�Donnell, Behar and Hasselbeck presented it as if there were.



�Speaking of Limbo (which is never mentioned in the Catholic Catechism), O�Donnell made the point that �The Jews don�t understand this.� The inanities went on like this for quite a while, with Hasselbeck ridiculing her own child�s baptism and Behar adding that baptism is �a nice little sponge bath.� Behar also took a slap at the Church�s teaching on birth control.



�No other religion is ever mocked on this show. That�s because the panelists are respectful of Jews, fear Muslims and hate Catholics.



�On April 19, I wrote to Anne Sweeney, Co-Chair, Disney Media Networks and President, Disney-ABC Television Group, about reining in Rosie O�Donnell. While O�Donnell may be the worst, Behar is an unrepentant bigot and Hasselbeck is increasingly coarse. But none of these women would ever be allowed to get away with their non-stop Catholic Bashfest without the guiding hand of Walters. Walters co-owns and co-produces the show, and is therefore ultimately responsible.�



Contact information: http://www.disneyabctv.com/web/MediaContacts/contact_form_2.aspx






This note is at the Catholic League website: NB: It appears that the address above has been disabled due to a high volume of e-mails. Please phone your complaints into 818-569-7700.

Joy Beyhar is an equally offensive woman. She has the type of personality that makes women look like catty, subjective rather than objective, nasty, unintelligent, emotionally challenged, and ignorant people!!

She and Rosie O'Donnell are an embarrassment to women... but atleast Star Jones (gone) and Meredith Vierra (gone to The Today Show) cancelled out her sarcastic, crass, and disrespectful personality. What a pity and what a shame...it was once a pleasant show.

I found it 'curious' that ABC required one's zipcode in order to issue a complaint. Does that mean that they only care about certain demographics?!?

Alice

I have posted this message at every Catholic homeschooling site on the web that I know of....please copy and forward to any Catholic friends or groups. This won't stop unless they get a huge complaint outpouring...

I agree with your comments about personality. These women are all bad examples of feminity and I would not trust them with a ten foot pole.

Holly

I wonder if any knows who are the major commercial sponsors on the show? And what their e-mail addresses are or phone numbers? SO we can contact them as well?

Thanks.

SPDundas
Deaf Byzantine

That same question came up on a homeschooling forum....maybe I will look around. Because it is obvious that ABC doesn't want to change a thing!

Holly