No Apologies

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The University of Virginia's student newspaper, the Cavalier Daily, is refusing to apologize for publishing cartoons ridiculing Christian beliefs, including one portraying the Virgin Mary with a sexually transmitted disease. But the Catholic League is accusing the paper of a double standard — noting that last year, editors immediately apologized for a cartoon criticized by homosexual activists.

Editor-in-chief Michael Slaven tells Cybercast News that newspaper policies permit cartoonists to make fun of a group based on their opinions or action, but not for traits they can't change. Catholic League President Bill Donahoe says it's, "nice to know that the newspaper actually has a policy that justifies anti-religious commentary... but deliberately fails to apply the same libertarian policy to gays."