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| Bill Donohue |
As the Democrats close in on next week’s national convention in Denver, Catholic League president Bill Donohue is spitting mad at some of the liberal blogs credentialed to cover the convention, including gay blog TowleRoad.com.
According to the liberal website, Donohue issued a statement regarding TowleRoad.com and BitchPhD, two blog sites he argues should be cut from the list of press participants—followed by a demand to DNC Chief of Staff and Convention CEO Leah Daughtry that the bloggers be booted from the convention.
“Towleroad describes itself as 'A Site with Homosexual Tendencies,'” Donohue says in the statement. “Accordingly, it shows men in jock straps and underwear. It also has a post on Pope Benedict XVI that takes him to task for wearing a cape with ermine. Some of those who commented on this described the pope in a vile and profane way.
“[This blog and Bitch Ph.D.] should be cut immediately from the list of credentialed sites. Neither functions as a responsible media outlet and both offend Catholics, as well as others. To allow them access to the Democratic National Convention sends a message to Catholics they will not forget.”
Donohue argues that Bitch Ph.D be banned because the site's regular blogger admits to being a “crappy Catholic” because most parishes insist on being “aggressively anti-abortion.” The blog, he says, includes a post with a picture of Jesus with a penis.
The official release can be read in its entirety on CatholicLeague.org. Donohue focuses his release on the two blogs in particular. Gay news organizations including The Advocate and here! Networks have also been credentialed for the convention, which kicks off August 25.
