Today, the State Assembly Committee on Tourism will hold a hearing on AB574, a bill which bans public nudity on any property owned by the State of Wisconsin. Pastor Ralph Ovadal of Wisconsin Christians United will be testifying at the hearing which begins at 10:30 A.M. in the North Hearing Room (2nd Floor North) of the State Capitol.

Wisconsin Christians United has waged an intense, multi-faceted, five-year-long effort to put an end to the nudity at Mazo Beach, a Department of Natural Resources property on the Wisconsin River.

Today, Pastor Ovadal will present committee members with, along with other documents, pictures of some of the many children whom WCU has seen being taken to the nude beach at Mazo.

"We have always held that public nudity is unlawful in Wisconsin already. However, since the Department of Natural Resources is so intent on parsing the current law in order to claim their hands are tied and they must allow hundreds of naked adults to cavort naked in front of naked children at Mazo Beach, it is time for this legislation. If for some reason it is not passed, we will simply redouble and intensify our efforts to close down that tax-funded, open-air bathhouse on the Wisconsin River."
Pastor Ralph Ovadal, Director, Wisconsin Christians United

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