Catholic League wants Bill Maher's HBO show canceled because Dan Savage said priests molest kids

An unrepentent Savage replies: 'The authorities turn a blind eye… so, yeah, someone has to condemn'

26 November 2013 | By Greg Hernandez

Dan Savage had had enough.
During an appearance on HBO's Real Time With Bill Maher last week, he was asked to comment on a Catholic bishop who opposes marriage equality in Hawaii alleging children with same sex parents were at a greater risk of suicide.
'That’s total bullsh*t,' Savage told Maher. 'He’s confusing children with gay parents with children who are raped by Catholic priests. Sorry, I am just done being lectured about children and their safety by Catholic-f*cking bishops, priests, cardinals.'
Savage also had said: 'They don’t have moral high ground when they talk about the welfare and safety of children, they just don’t. They have squandered that on the tips of their d*cks.'
The bluntness of Savage, a columnist and founder of the It Gets Better anti-bullying campaign, has Catholic League President Bill Donohue demanding that HBO cancel Maher's show.
'On Friday night, Maher teed up Dan Savage, another anti-Catholic bigot. What happened was particularly vicious,' Donahue wrote on his Catholic League blog.
Donahue says his organization is sending to every member of Time Warner’s board of directors - the parent company of HBO - a copy of 54 anti-Catholic statements made by Bill Maher on TV.
'The time has come to close this show once and for all.' Donahue wrote. 'The show deserves to be canceled.'
On Twitter, Savage reacted to the criticism: 'Am I supposed to praise them? ... The Church covers up and enables, the Bill Donohues run interference, the authorities turn a blind eye... So, yeah, someone has to condemn.'
Savage also tweeted: 'Funny thing about this ... Is that I was raised Catholic. And so was @billmaher. Also, too, we're in the right.'