Bill Donohue is a spin doctor. Not a religious figure, not a spiritual leader, not even a true man of the cloth. He's a one man PR firm for the Catholic church.
His directed attacks on Edwards for hiring bloggers who happen to have a striking difference of opinion to his on religion is baseless and unwarranted. Given the political operatives (see: Rove) hired by Bush and his dad's use of Lee Atwater far overshadow the most indefensible statement ever made on Pandagon regarding religion.
Bill's representation and defense of the Catholic church and over use of the word bigotry to go after those who might malign his belief system are ironic at best and misguided at worst. Rather than defend the church through positive messages, he's an attack machine with minions at his bidding. He's got Brent Bozell's panties twisted so tight he believes all of Christianity's under attack due to the writings of a single blogger. Poor Doug Giles is so upset he's stopped everything to write mid-week a series of recommendations as to how John Edwards could become more satanic.
Simply put, it's ok for the Vatican to create a halfway house sanctuary for molesting priests fleeing from justice but it's heresy to discuss, critique or poke fun at it. It's ok for the church to continue to disregard scientific proof that condoms work to prevent STDs/AIDs, but it's wrong to point out the detrimental impacts of that edict.
If Bill really believes all of what he says, he's vastly more intolerant than his critics and his attacks on others for who they are rather than what they believe, directly contradict most of the teachings of Christ. At some point, interfering in a national campaign ought to impact his IRS status. He can though, in solace, turn to the Old Testament and spend his time and efforts working to enact legislation to ensure no further freedoms of speech infringe on his thin skin.
Deuteronomy 13:6-106 If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers;
7 Namely, of the gods of the people which are round about you, nigh unto thee, or far off from thee, from the one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth;
8 Thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither shall thine eye pity him, neither shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou conceal him:
9 But thou shalt surely kill him; thine hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.
10 And thou shalt stone him with stones, that he die; because he hath sought to thrust thee away from the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.
God Bless Us, Everyone.