Garbage Mouth

By Rob Eshman

URL: http://www.jewishjournal.com/rob_eshman/article/garbage_mouth_20041217/

When the controversy over Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ" first erupted, Jewish leaders like Abraham Foxman of the Anti-Defamation League angered Christians by coming out forcefully against the movie.

William Donohue, president of the Catholic League for Civil and Religious Rights, took umbrage. "A lot of Catholics in this town are saying, 'Is that how Jews are looking at us,'" he told The Jewish Week, "'that you scratch a Catholic and out comes a latent anti-Semite?'"

Last week, Donohue provided the answer to his rhetorical question. And the answer is, in his case, yes.

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Comments:	A friend has recommended you read the following from The Jewish Journal... Garbage Mouth When the controversy over Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ" first erupted, Jewish leaders like Abraham Foxman of the Anti-Defamation League angered Christians by coming out forcefully against the movie. William Donohue, president of the Catholic League for Civil and Religious Rights, took umbrage. "A lot of Catholics in this town are saying, 'Is that how Jews are looking at us,'" he told The Jewish Week, "'that you scratch a Catholic and out comes a latent anti-Semite?'" Last week, Donohue provided the answer to his rhetorical question. And the answer is, in his case, yes. http://www.jewishjournal.com/rob_eshman/article/garbage_mouth_20041217/ Sign up for our free email news alerts at http://www.jewishjournal.com/email.

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