Wisconsin group to gays: Tolerate imprisonment

[Ian David]

Without a trace of criticism, Exodus exgay media blogger Nancy Brown promotes AgapePress' March 4 defense of Wisconsin Christians United as a group of martyrs assaulted by the "violent heart" of gay Americans.

http://exodus.blogs.com/synopsis/2005/03/activist_assaul.html
http://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/3/42005b.asp

First, some context:

WCU papered the homes of Burlington, Wis., with tracts that demand the prosecution and punishment of gay people, and that (based on "studies" by discredited activist Paul Cameron), define same-sex-attracted people as diseased pedophiles and cannibals. (AgapePress obscures the issue, euphemistically describing the literature merely as "a biblical message about homosexuality.")
http://www.wcuweb.com/Documents/WCULITERATURE/truth.htm

In response to the threatening tracts, WCU says, one man began "assaulting" the antigay canvassers; WCU does not say whether the assault was verbal or physical.

Despite his own intolerance, Ralph Ovadal -- director of WCU -- criticizes "such intolerant reactions" to "Christian expressions," and says there is a benefit to be gained from such altercations: Such confrontations reinforce Ovadal's wishful contention that peaceful coexistence between gay-tolerant and antigay people is impossible.

Ovadal vows to return to Burlington with more antigay hate tracts.

(Hat tip: Dan Gonzales)

More:
http://www.exgaywatch.com/xgw/2005/03/wisconsin_group.html

[mark414]

1. whoa i grew up in that town

no surprise that sort of shit is going on there...

[Technowitch]

2. Somehow this doesn't shock me nearly as much as it should

Every now and then, I make some comment like, "The goal of these lunatics is nothing less than the forced interrment and 're-orientation' of homosexuals and the transgendered." (Bisexuals, presumably, would have to forego any activities or relationships with same-sex individuals, under pain of imprisonment.)

And then they prove me right.

Sad.

[Pharaoh]

4. they are demonizing gays and liberals

much in the way the Nazis demonized the jews.

and we demonized the "Japs" in wwII


this could get ugly.....:party:

[nickinSTL]

3. same-sex-attracted people as diseased pedophiles and cannibals

:puke:

What a putrid load of crap

[xchrom]

5. quell surprise!

uh not so much.

however -- how hard could it be to make this guy go over the edge and make him commit an imprisonable offence?

[fresnobill314]

6. I am not a pedophile or a cannibal.....

...though I do prefer my children well-done with barbeque sauce.