Bill Donahue responds to the Professor, an anti-Catholic bigot, who solicited consecrated hosts in order to desecrate them.
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NEW YORK, NY (Catholic League) - Yesterday, Catholic League president Bill Donohue issued a news release calling attention to the plea that Paul Zachary Myers made on his blog.
He solicited the Communion Host for the express purpose of desecrating it. Donohue now responds to the reaction he has received from the University of Minnesota Morris professor, as well as others:
“Myers went on Houston radio station KPFT last night saying that Bill Donohue has ‘declared a fatwa’ against him. He should know better—I don’t need others to do the fighting for me. I’m quite good at it myself. But he’d better be careful what he says, because if I get any death threats, it won’t be hard to connect the dots.
“Myers, who claims expertise in studying zebrafish, has quite a following among the King Kong Theory of Creation gang. Indeed, we’ve been inundated with hate mail from all over the world, and it all stems from those whose alleged god is reason.
“As a result of the hysteria that Myers’ ilk have promoted, at least one public official is taking it seriously.
"Thomas E. Foley is chairman of Virginia’s First Congressional District Republican Committee, a delegate to the Republican National Convention and one of two Republican at large nominees for Virginia’s Electoral College.
"His concern is for the safety of Catholics attending this year’s Republican National Convention in Minneapolis, Myers’ backyard.
"Accordingly, Foley has asked the top GOP brass to provide additional security while in the Twin Cities so that Catholics can worship without fear of violence. Given the vitriol we have experienced for simply exercising our First Amendment right to freedom of speech, we support Foley’s request.
“We already know that Myers lost one round: the university has removed the link to his blog from his faculty page. He should be prepared to lose a few more rounds.
"By the way, Myers says he is delighted to have finally garnered my attention. Too bad I can’t say the same—I never heard of the guy until yesterday.”
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The Catholic League is the nation's largest Catholic civil rights organization. Founded in 1973 by the late Father Virgil C. Blum, S.J., the Catholic League defends the right of Catholics – lay and clergy alike – to participate in American public life without defamation or discrimination. It is led by its' President, William A. Donohue, Ph.D.
Comments
That professor needs to say openly to the Muslim what he did to the Koran and we will see how brave he is.
Marie | 8/4/2008
Sad to say that it's not Bill Donahue getting death threats but the other way around. So much for followers of Christ being peaceful. One woman has already lost her job over threats sent to the professor. Who's next?
Rasu Gentry | 7/17/2008
The answer to that, Jeff, is that they do not. Pharyngula is Myers' private blog. It's hosted independently of the university and he doesn't receive a cent of taxpayer money for its upkeep.
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