Catholic League president Bill Donahue - who sees discrimination against American Catholics everywhere - says there's a new move afoot to undermine Catholicism: the movie version of Philip Pullman's atheistic fantasy novel, The Golden Compass.
Nevermind that the movie has been diluted to make its atheistic message all but non-existent. Donahue wants US Catholics to boycott the movie, because watching the movie may make parents buy the books, and who knows what could happen to Catholic children if exposed to some healthy doubt about their own (re: parents') beliefs.
Remember, when you give anyone, especially children, too many ideas, they may just choose the wrong one. Donahue understands this all too well, but naturally, as the strength of attacks against theism by Dawkins, Harris and Hitchens show, there's a fight for the mind going on, and dogmatists like Donahue know it's their views that are becoming untenable.
If you're interested in what all the fuss is about, the trailer for The Golden Compass follows below.
