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"Stairway to Hell" Burns Catholic League

Posted Mar 29th 2007 11:48AM by TMZ Staff

Stairway to Hell, Jeff BeacherCatholic League president Bill Donohue, who once took on the creators of "South Park," is now crusading against the off-Broadway hit show, "Stairway to Hell," produced by Vegas impresarios Jeff Beacher and Randy Weiner. The rock musical involves rockers and a heaven/hell theme.

Donohue lamented in a press release, "Men and women are dying everyday in Iraq to keep America free. It is sickening to note that some young Americans think freedom means the right to insult, degrade and abuse the sensibilities of Christians." Donohue neglected to mention whether he thought free speech was part of that fight.

"Hell" producer Randy Weiner fired back, "We're not interested in hurting anyone or disparaging anyone's religious beliefs. This is a show meant to amuse and entertain, and our sole intent is for the audience to leave our show feeling that they enjoyed themselves during the time they spent with us. It saddens me that Mr. Donohue is trying to exploit the suffering of our American soldiers to further his own crusade."

Beacher has now hired personal bodyguards for the show's cast, saying, "Donohue hates 'Stairway To Hell,' which makes it a perfect show for my audience. He says the show deserves to be in hell, so I'm taking it to Vegas where it belongs!"

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Tags: Bill Donohue, BillDonohue, Jeff Beacher, JeffBeacher, Randy Weiner, RandyWeiner, Stairway To Hell, StairwayToHell

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1. Donohue is a self-interested hipocrite who waves the bible in the name of his own profit related agendas. This is the same nutcase who crusaded against 2 Howard Stern wannabe shock-jocks after they rewarded listeners with cash to have sex in St. Patricks Cathedral, and had them kicked off of the air. They went on to satellite radio where they continued to blast him in the worst way, and after he received a healthy donation from a certain radio company, he publicly stated that he forgave them and believed that they were sorry and repentant for their actions, while they continue to broadcast material that goes against everything he supposedly believes in!

He hates Stairway to Hell because he knows that it's title is the path to his ultimate destiny.

Posted at 6:44PM on Mar 29th 2007 by The Whole Truth

2. Stariway to Hell Rules!!!

Posted at 6:47PM on Mar 29th 2007 by Leah

3. Screw those religious fundamentalists!

Posted at 6:48PM on Mar 29th 2007 by Rachel

4. Rock on Bad Asses.

Posted at 6:48PM on Mar 29th 2007 by Ronald

5. iiii hhhate jjjjjesus

Posted at 7:02PM on Mar 29th 2007 by tim

6. i was backstage with this guy getting my swerve on!

Posted at 7:03PM on Mar 29th 2007 by lafonduh

7. whos the boss? not this bible thumping asshole

Posted at 7:04PM on Mar 29th 2007 by tony

8. BROOOOOO

Posted at 7:04PM on Mar 29th 2007 by Max

9. heeeey theres a stairway to my pants

Posted at 7:06PM on Mar 29th 2007 by MS James

10. i wish i could be this cool

Posted at 7:06PM on Mar 29th 2007 by greg

11. these assholes should die and goto heaven already! leave the devil worshiping to the real men like us! $UUUCKKK yeah duuuude!

Posted at 7:10PM on Mar 29th 2007 by will

12. this is satan speaking and this is music to my ears

Posted at 7:10PM on Mar 29th 2007 by lucifer

13. Really what we gotta do is set Donahue onto a Cross and Burn 'Em

Posted at 7:13PM on Mar 29th 2007 by Sal

14. ok dont tell anybody but im have a little stairway to hell shrine that actually plays led zeplins sytairway to heaven backwards.... and i sit alone and cry sometimes because jesus told me so...

Posted at 7:13PM on Mar 29th 2007 by donahue

15. The stairway to hell is soon to be the las vegas strip?

Posted at 7:14PM on Mar 29th 2007 by Rebecca

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