Catholic League president William Donohue remarked as follows:
We are delighted that reasonableness prevailed at the American Red Cross and we have no interest in continuing our campaign to discredit the organization. While we accept the apology we do not buy the line that this was a mistake. No, it was a calculated decision designed to punish religious speech. The statement, therefore, is intellectually dishonest. But the bottom line is they got the message. One more point. We expect the organization will soon change its name: any group that has Cross in its name is clearly being insensitive to religious diversity.
BEAUTY, BILL!