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October 9-10, 2003, WCU put on an event called the International
Conference on Homo-Fascism. Speakers from several countries shared how
religious liberty and freedom of speech have been attacked by the
proponents of homosexuality. WCU has made tapes
of the conference available to everyone and anyone at www.wcuweb.com.
On December 8, 2003, Action Wisconsin sent out a press release
filled with mischaracterizations of the conference and comparing WCU to
the Ku Klux Klan. Action Wisconsin is also calling on State Senator
Majority Leader Mary Panzer to "investigate, identify, and discipline
the state senator who attended the 'International Conference on
Homo-Fascism' in Milwaukee on October 10, 2003."
In addition, Action Wisconsin published comments made by speakers
at the conference. These comments were taken totally out of context from
five hours of speeches. For instance, Action Wisconsin has attempted to
make it look as though Pastor Grant Storms was encouraging Christians to
shoot homosexuals. In reality, Pastor Storms--a very animated,
Billy-Sunday-type speaker--was relating the biblical story of Jonathan and
his armor bearer and, in a technique which some preachers use, put a
modern motif to it. As Action Wisconsin well knows, he then went on to
tell about how Christians today need to stand up for what they believe in
against all odds in the political and religious struggles in which we find
ourselves. Pastor Storms's message had nothing to do with violence! Action
Wisconsin knows that none of the WCU speakers spoke of doing violence and
that they stressed the importance of sharing the gospel with homosexuals
in hope of bringing them to salvation through faith in Jesus Christ. WCU
encourages anyone interested in the truth of what was said at our
conference to obtain tapes of the speeches. We likewise encourage anyone
who truly wants to know what WCU is all about to check our web page at www.wcuweb.com.
"Action Wisconsin has proved our point. There is a form of fascism
afoot which employs slander, demonization, and demagoguery to marginalize
and silence all who oppose the homosexual agenda and stand for what the
Bible says about homosexuality. Action Wisconsin has combed through five
hours of speeches and taken a few comments out of context. Now they are
calling for a witch hunt to track down a state senator who simply dropped
into the conference to listen for awhile. If that isn't fascism, what
is? And how dare they compare WCU to the Ku Klux Klan? We hate racism.
One of our speakers at the conference ministers to the suffering
Christians in the South Sudan, who happen to be black. The church another
speaker pastors is 50% black. We have many individuals involved with WCU
who are black. This vicious, dishonest attack by Action Wisconsin upon WCU
and, by extension, all who hold to what the Bible says about homosexuality
will, in the long-run, serve well to further alert citizens to the danger
of a virulent form of fascism. Action Wisconsin has done their dirty work.
Now they are counting on the media to run with the story as they have
framed it. As for our part, we will continue to stand for biblical
truth."
Pastor Ralph Ovadal, Director, Wisconsin Christians United
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