re: #98 Killgore Trout

I don’t think so. Mel’s version of Catholicism is very much different. He considers the pope to be the Whore Of Rome, An evil infiltrator.

Donahue definitely defended Gibson:

WILLIAM DONAHUE, PRESIDENT, CATHOLIC LEAGUE: I spoke to Mel a couple of weeks ago about this. And I don‘t think it really matters a whole lot to him. It certainly doesn‘t matter to me. We‘ve already won.

Who really cares what Hollywood thinks? All these hacks come out there. Hollywood is controlled by secular Jews who hate Christianity in general and Catholicism in particular. It‘s not a secret, OK? And I‘m not afraid to say it. That‘s why they hate this movie. It‘s about Jesus Christ, and it‘s about truth. It‘s about the messiah.

Hollywood likes anal sex. They like to see the public square without nativity scenes. I like families. I like children. They like abortions. I believe in traditional values and restraint. They believe in libertinism. We have nothing in common. But you know what? The culture war has been ongoing for a long time. Their side has lost.

You have got secular Jews. You have got embittered ex-Catholics, including a lot of ex-Catholic priests who hate the Catholic Church, wacko Protestants in the same group, and these people are in the margins. Frankly, Michael Moore represents a cult movie. Mel Gibson represents the mainstream of America.

And that wasn’t the only time:

This week in Catholic: Catholic League president Bill Donohue is offended again. This time, he takes the time out of his protests of the Empire State Building, Comedy Central, Lady Gaga, and comedian Louis C.K. to defend Mel Gibson and call late night talk show host Jay Leno a bigot.

As far as Gibson’s own opinion of the Pope, that’s a mystery, though we might infer something from his father’s statement that Benedict is gay.

In the interview, the host asked Gibson if the Catholic Church has become “politicized” to the point that it can’t address issues like homosexuality. Gibson responded that the Church will not address homosexuality because “half of the people there in the Vatican are queer.”
When asked if he thinks Benedict is among those homosexuals, Gibson said, “I certainly do.”

Gibson also called the Pope “a slippery character” and claimed he is part of a conspiracy to destroy the Catholic Church.

Bill Donahue and Gibson share a deeply seated anti semitism that alone seems to trump whatever anti papist sentiments Gibson might have.