Bill Donahue: David Bowie 'a switch-hitting, bisexual, senior citizen from London'
Never known for its temperance, humility or logic, the Catholic League is at it again. This time, the U.S.-based religious group is taking David Bowie to task for the singer's new music video for the "The Next Day," calling him a "switch-hitting bisexual senior citizen from London." (Oooh, the old London burn!)
In a blog post titled "BOWIE'S 'JESUS' VIDEO IS A MESS," Catholic League President Bill Donahue unfurls his rage and sizes up the Floria Sigismondi-directed video as such:
"David Bowie is back, but hopefully not for long. The switch-hitting, bisexual, senior citizen from London has resurfaced, this time playing a Jesus-like character who hangs out in a nightclub dump frequented by priests, cardinals and half-naked women."
Donahue takes issue with the music video's "characteristic excess" and notes that Bowie has long said he has complicated feelings about religion. "Not sure what he believes in today (anyone who is “not quite an atheist” is not an atheist), but it’s a sure bet he can’t stop thinking about the Cadillac of all religions, namely Roman Catholicism," Donahue writes. "There is hope for him yet."
In the video for "The Next Day," Bowie is joined by Marion Cotillard and Gary Oldman in a brothel of sorts that's run by members of the clergy. Cotillard plays a prostitute suffering from stigmata, and Oldman plays a bishop who's enamored by the debauchery he sees. Donahue says Bowie plays a Jesus figure, which is half true and half not -- Bowie actually appears to just be the hired entertainment for the evening.
YouTube initially removed the video due to its "graphic" material, but has since reinstated it and admitted it make a "mistake" in taking it down.
It's perhaps unsurprising that the Catholic League would use the word "bisexual" as a slur, but it's entertaining to see them equate what they believe to be a sin with being old and/or British. Donahue himself is only six months younger than Bowie, so maybe he too should start repenting before it's too late. (Unless, of course, it's Donahue's passport that keeps him safe.)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/09/catholic-league-david-bowie_n_3244933.html
Bill ought to be on Saturday Night Live, he's comedy gold.
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Response to hrmjustin (Reply #1)
I'd imagine Mr. Donahue's teeth have as much to do with his review as Bowie's sexual orientation or age has to do with his music.
Six of one, half a dozen of other I guess, Mr. Fudd... 
Response to LanternWaste (Reply #17)
who Bill Donahue is.... let alone give a crap about his opinion.
the album
Plus his wife is hot as hell...the lucky dog.
I didn't think they were that much into baseball over there. 
He should crawl back under the troll bridge that spawned him. 
He is what he is. But he's basically all there is to the Catholic League. Of course, he has his supporters, too.
Sounds like someone I'd like to hang out with. 
I understand that he intended it as a slur, and I disapprove of his attempt to malign Bowie using this language... but my reaction to that is "And? So? What's your point?"
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Just please tell me Michael Stipe is straight. PLEASE!
I don't know who this bunghole is , talking shit about Bowie like that, but whoever he is I'm pretty certain he's never done anything this cool 
he did state much later that he was "try-sexual" in the 70s, a period in which he also "tried" just about every illicit substance under the sun. Man, some of his interviews from around the middle of that decade are intriguing; all sniffling, darting eyes and twitchy demeanour. I'm just glad he made it through.
David has also lived in New York since '95 or so, and while (to the best of my knowledge) he remains a British citizen, he's spoken of his love for the place and how he considers himself a New Yorker. He hasn't based himself in London full-time since the early 70s.
So Donahue is not only a bigot, a moron and loser, he also didn't care to assemble the relevant facts. Or perhaps he did, and just saw the opportunity to take shots at a perfectly normal sexual orientation regardless of that.
You're only half right.
He hasn't lost his touch.
Thanks for posting.
Not a happy ending, though. And Donahue is just a poseur.
