ABC is Proud of Anti-Christian Bigot Rosie O’Donnell

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APRIL 25, 2007

CONTACT: TIM SCHEIDERER OR COLLEEN O’BOYLE AT 703.683.5004

ABC IS PROUD OF ANTI-CHRISTIAN BIGOT ROSIE O’DONNELL, HOPES TO HAVE HER BACK AS GUEST HOST

ALEXANDRIA, VA – Brian Frons, president of daytime programming for Disney-ABC, said that the network had “an amazing year” with Ms. O’Donnell and hopes to “entice Rosie back next year” and “if we’re lucky” to “guest co-host once in a while.” In the same ABCNEWS.com statement, Barbara Walters said she “can only be grateful to her [Rosie] for this year,” and hopes that Ms. O’Donnell “will be back with us often next season” as a guest host.

How proud of Rosie should ABC be?

“Radical Christianity is just as threatening as radical Islam in a country like America.” (The View, 9/12/06)
“You know what concerns me? How many Supreme Court justices are Catholics? … Five. How about separation of church and state in America?” (The View, 4/19/07)
“If men could get pregnant, abortion would be a sacrament.” (The View, 4/19/07)
“Don’t fear the terrorists. They’re mothers and fathers.” (The View, 11/9/06)
South Africa’s racist apartheid was “very similar to what we have in the United States, thanks to the Patriot Act.” (The View, 10/24/06)
“Christopher Reeve died without hope because of the religious – separation – lack of separation of church and state by this administration.” (The View, 6/7/05)
“I really hope the Catholic Church gets sued until the end of time. Maybe, you know, we can melt down some of the gold toilets in the Pope’s Vatican and pay off some of the lawsuits because, you know, frankly, the whole tenet of Christianity, of being pious, of living a Christ-like life, has been lost in Catholicism.” (MSNBC’s Donahue, 2/24/03)

“Rosie O’Donnell is a disgusting anti-Catholic/anti-Christian bigot,” said Media Research Center President Brent Bozell. “Her own hateful comments prove that she despises Christian morality in general and the Catholic Church in particular. ABC gave her its broadcast-soapbox for a year and now says it is proud and grateful for her bigoted rants and hopes to have her back as a co-host. Who’s worse, O’Donnell or her enabler, ABC?”

To schedule an interview with MRC President Bozell or an MRC spokesperson, please contact Tim Scheiderer (x. 126) or Colleen O’Boyle (x. 122) at 703.683.5004.