Since the summer of 1999, WCU has been battling to put an end to open nudity on a Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources beach on the Wisconsin River. In defense of public morality, children, and biblical precepts, WCU's campaign has been aggressive and multi-pronged, including court battles, mass educational efforts to the general public, demonstrations in front of DNR headquarters, and ongoing picketing and preaching on the beach parking lot. Now our campaign will enter a new phase. Today, WCU will picket the McFarland home of the DNR's top official, Secretary Darrell Bazzell. In addition, we will literature drop the entire town with a hard-hitting flyer containing proof that Mr. Bazzell could easily end the nudity at Mazo beach and also containing pictures of children being taken to the nude beach. The flyer is titled "Attention McFarland Residents! Is one of your neighbors an accessory to child abuse?" Click here to see a copy of the letter. A copy is available to the press on request. In the future, we will be visiting the neighborhoods of other DNR officials and wardens responsible for the outrage at Mazo beach.

"I have repeatedly pleaded with Secretary Bazzell to put an end to the public nudity at Mazo beach. It has become obvious that Mr. Bazzell cares more about political pragmatism and job security than he does about innocent children and the moral climate of our state. He apparently believes that he can sit untouched in the DNR's Ivory Tower in Madison while innocent children are being defiled and abused at Mazo beach. After today, perhaps he will think again and will wipe the stain of Mazo beach off our Wisconsin landscape."
Pastor Ralph Ovadal, Director, Wisconsin Christians United

The picket today will begin at 10:00 AM. Mr. Bazzell lives at 5406 Valley Drive in McFarland, Wisconsin.

"This [Mazo Beach] is an attempt, of course, to establish legally a place in the United States
. . . a beachhead for child sexual abuse."
Dr Judith Reisman, world renown child advocate, former consultant to the U.S. Department of Justice, and author of Kinsey: Crimes and Consequences