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NBC-TV SHOW ANGERS CATHOLICS NATIONWIDE
Catholic League ^ | February 24, 2005 | William Donohue

Posted on 02/25/2005 1:08:38 AM PST by NYer

During the February 22 episode of the NBC-TV sitcom, “Committed,” two non-Catholics are mistakenly given Holy Communion at a Catholic funeral Mass.  Nate, who is Jewish, and Bowie, a Protestant, don’t know what to do with the Eucharist, so they make several failed attempts to get rid of it.  For example, they try slipping it into the pocket of a priest, dropping it on a tray of cheese and crackers, etc. 

 

At one point, the priest, who is portrayed as not knowing the difference between the Host and a cracker, goes to grab the “cracker” from a tray of appetizers; he initially balks when he discovers that it is the last one.  Then he changes his mind, saying, “Oh, what the hell.”  By far the most offensive scene occurs when Nate and Bowie accidentally flush what they think is the Host down the toilet.

 

Catholic League president William Donohue commented on this today:  

“It’s been quite a while since we’ve been deluged with as many complaints as this episode of ‘Committed’ fielded.  To say that Catholics are angry about this show would be an understatement—the outrage is visceral and intense.  The complaints have come from bishops, college chaplains, pastors and the laity, and they have come from all over the country.  With good reason: NBC has made a direct frontal assault on Roman Catholicism, choosing to mock, trivialize and ridicule the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ. 

 

“What happened was deliberate.  According to a January 2 story in the Cincinnati Enquirer, the writers for the series, Eileen Heisler and DeAnn Heline, have been encouraged by NBC executives ‘to push the limits of comedy.’  For obvious reasons, the writers of ‘Roseanne,’ ‘Murphy Brown’ and ‘Ellen’ chose not to push the buttons of homosexuals (or some other protected group), so they decided to play it safe and stay in good standing with their bosses by bashing Catholics. 



TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: New York
KEYWORDS: anticatholicism; blasphemy; communion; eucharist; host; nbc; williamdonohue
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To: NYer

Did you get much snow by you last night?


61 posted on 02/25/2005 8:32:03 AM PST by Coleus (Oppose Amnesty for Illegal Aliens http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/1335643/posts)
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To: Coleus
Did you get much snow by you last night?

Just a dusting up here but they're preparing us for a "major" winter storm sometime late Monday into Tuesday. That usually means we'll have flurries ;-D

62 posted on 02/25/2005 8:38:22 AM PST by NYer ("The Eastern Churches are the Treasures of the Catholic Church" - Pope John XXIII)
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To: NYer; wagglebee; Carl/NewsMax; RepubMommy; Salvation
To: NewsMax & Catholic League, thank for your articles with keeping us informed about anti-Catholic media events, etc. 
 
Please, when you do a press release and want activism, do some research and homework and INCLUDE contact information in your press releases.
 
I see nothing in your news releases regarding how we can contact NBC or the advertisers to the television show.   
 
When you rush to be first and don't include the contact information, your work is futile. 
 
I refrain from writing anything until alerts contain contact information.
 
Thank you.
 
 
NBC Show Blasphemes Communion Host
NewsMax ^ | 2/24/05 | Carl Limbacher
 
NBC-TV SHOW ANGERS CATHOLICS NATIONWIDE
Catholic League ^ | February 24, 2005 | William Donohue


63 posted on 02/25/2005 9:19:59 AM PST by Coleus (Abortion and Euthanasia, Don't Democrats just kill ya! Kill babies, Save the Bears!!)
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To: NYer

What's NBC-TV?


64 posted on 02/25/2005 9:20:37 AM PST by ArrogantBustard (Western Civilisation is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
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To: Coleus; Carl/NewsMax

I would gladly post any contact information that was available. However, what NewsMax released was an ARTICLE, not a PRESS RELEASE. News articles always contain quotes from interested/involved parties; yet, unlike press releases, they rarely contain contact information.


65 posted on 02/25/2005 9:29:56 AM PST by wagglebee ("We are ready for the greatest achievements in the history of freedom." -- President Bush, 1/20/05)
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To: NYer; ArrogantBustard; Mark in the Old South
Hmmmmmm. I may have an idea for a response to those heathens at NBC-TV.

Memo from Virginia to NBC-TV:






66 posted on 02/25/2005 9:54:14 AM PST by Convert from ECUSA (tired of all the shucking and jiving)
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To: d-back

Agree. I couldn't believe that some Republicans were actually making those comments on the first NBC-blasphemy thread. Blew me away!


67 posted on 02/25/2005 10:18:19 AM PST by Salvation (†With God all things are possible.†)
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To: Convert from ECUSA; NYer; ArrogantBustard

Matthew 10:33
But he that shall deny me before men, I will also deny him before my Father who is in heaven.


A little word to the wise for everyone involved with that TV show.


68 posted on 02/25/2005 10:34:24 AM PST by Mark in the Old South (Sister Lucia of Fatima pray for us)
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To: Northern Yankee; NYer; Victoria Delsoul
Another kick in the sides for Chritians from the other side.

Not like it's not happened before.

69 posted on 02/25/2005 10:38:39 AM PST by kstewskis (you've got to have a mind before you lose it...)
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To: Mark in the Old South

You've got that right! If those persons don't repent, I'd hate to be in their shoes on Judgment Day!


70 posted on 02/25/2005 12:00:55 PM PST by Convert from ECUSA (tired of all the shucking and jiving)
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To: GeronL

Me neither.

Of course my TV is EWTN. You can't go wrong.

Overall TV relects the trash society we live in.


71 posted on 02/25/2005 1:33:04 PM PST by franky (Pray for the souls of the faithful departed. Pray for our own souls to receive the grace of a happy)
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To: franky
Contact your -local- NBC affiliate and inform -them- that you will be boycotting ALL NBC programming INCLUDING their local news, etc.

When enough local affiliates start screaming at GE about the loss of their precious ratings, etc, there'll by hell to pay in NYC and Hollywood.

72 posted on 02/25/2005 2:48:10 PM PST by auzerais
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To: diamond6

A bunch of dog liberals run the american entertainment industry now. Really there is just no more hope for this country...Vote Liberal and you aree sealing your doom as a Nation and as a human being!


73 posted on 02/25/2005 2:55:00 PM PST by Old Phone Man
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To: franky
Of course my TV is EWTN. You can't go wrong.

Overall TV relects the trash society we live in.

"Woe betide you!"

74 posted on 02/25/2005 3:04:13 PM PST by AnAmericanMother (. . . Ministrix of ye Chace (recess appointment), TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary . . .)
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To: kstewskis; Northern Yankee; NYer
Another kick in the sides for Christians from the other side.

Not like it's not happened before.

Well, tolerance is a Christian gift, you know. We can't the same treatment from our unchristian friends.

75 posted on 02/25/2005 7:21:02 PM PST by Victoria Delsoul
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To: Victoria Delsoul; Northern Yankee
Well, tolerance is a Christian gift, you know. We can't the same treatment from our unchristian friends.

Tolerance is one thing. However to lose one's principles is another.

But you are absolutely right. I suppose Christians would look just as foolish, if not more, if they reacted in like mindedness.

76 posted on 02/25/2005 7:26:57 PM PST by kstewskis (you've got to have a mind before you lose it...)
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To: kstewskis

I was being sarcastic. We should bomb the hell out of these people – lots of emails, etc.


77 posted on 02/25/2005 7:29:40 PM PST by Victoria Delsoul
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To: NYer; GatorGirl; maryz; afraidfortherepublic; Antoninus; Aquinasfan; livius; goldenstategirl; ...

Ping.


78 posted on 02/25/2005 7:30:53 PM PST by narses (Free Republic is pro-God, pro-life, pro-family + Vivo Christo Rey!)
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To: Victoria Delsoul
LOL! Missed the /s.

I'm right with you, friend! I'll let you make the first toss :)

79 posted on 02/25/2005 7:38:16 PM PST by kstewskis (you've got to have a mind before you lose it...)
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To: kstewskis

These people make me mad... but let's not make fun of them, or else.


80 posted on 02/25/2005 7:48:14 PM PST by Victoria Delsoul
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