Fire Bill Maher! - American Life League Unleashes FireBillMaher.com for Catholics,...

Fire Bill Maher! - American Life League Unleashes FireBillMaher.com for
Catholics, Christians to Express Outrage

- Asks Those Offended to Cancel HBO Subscription, Express Anger Towards
Maher's Anti-Catholic Comments -

WASHINGTON, April 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Calls by prominent Catholic
organizations grew stronger as American Life League demands that HBO fire Bill
Maher for his hate-speech directed at Pope Benedict XVI on April 11th.

The call to fire Bill Maher comes after several Catholic organizations and
media outlets expressed their shock at Maher's attack on the Catholic Church
just days before Pope Benedict XVI was scheduled to visit the United States.
Maher's "New Rules" segment has been openly criticized for its anti-Catholic
tone on several Catholic and independent media outlets.

"If Maher had made equally vile comments about a Muslim or Jewish leader, the
media would be jammed with calls for HBO to fire him," said Judie Brown,
president of American Life League. "But because he attacked the Catholic
Church, the vast majority of the media is silent. It seems that
anti-Catholicism is the last remaining acceptable prejudice left in America."

American Life League's website, www.FireBillMaher.com, contains the offending
video clip of Maher's more than three minute rant, calling Pope Benedict XVI a
"Nazi" and "the leader of a pedophile cult." A petition to have Maher fired, a
call for HBO subscribers to cancel their subscriptions until Maher is fired,
and a summary of Maher's history of anti-Catholic hate-speech is also
available on the website.

"When Sinead O'Conner tore a picture of Pope John Paul II in half during a
broadcast of Saturday Night Live in 1992, media and celebrities on the left
and right denounced the act," said Brown. "Bill Maher's vile commentary went
far beyond that."

American Life League was co-founded in 1979 by Judie Brown. It is the largest
grassroots Catholic pro-life organization in the United States and is
committed to the protection of all innocent human beings from the moment of
creation to natural death. For more information or press inquiries, please
contact Michael Hichborn at 540.659.7900.

FOR MORE INFORMATION:

American Life League: Fire Bill Maher (17 April 2008)
http://www.FireBillMaher.com

CNS News: 'Nazi' Pope Runs 'Child-Abusing Cult,' Says HBO's Maher (15 April
2008)
http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewCulture.asp?Page=/Culture/archive/200804/CUL20080415b.html

News Busters: Bill Maher: Pope 'Used to be a Nazi'; Compares Church to Cult,
Bear Stearns (14 April 2008)
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/matthew-balan/2008/04/14/bill-maher-pope-used-be-nazi-compares-church-cult-bear-stearns

Denver Post: Don Imus Fired by CBS (12 April 2007)
http://www.denverpost.com/ci_5652023

Washington Post: 'Seinfeld' Comic Richards Apologizes for Racial Rant (21
November 2006)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/21/AR2006112100242.html

CONTACT: Michael Hichborn
540.226.9178 | mhichborn@all.org

SOURCE American Life League

Michael Hichborn of American Life League, +1-540-226-9178, mhichborn@all.org