Posted on 03/04/2005 4:38:27 PM PST by Lindykim
--- Activist: Assault on Christians Exposes Homosexual Movements Violent Heart By Allie Martin March 4, 2005
Police in one Wisconsin city are being asked to look into the alleged assault of two Christians who claim they were attacked while sharing a biblical message about homosexuality.
Earlier this week, two member of Wisconsin Christians United (WCU) were in Burlington distributing a brochure titled "Homosexuality: The Truth." After leaving literature at homes throughout the city, the pair stood on a busy street, holding signs which read "Homosexuality is Sin" and "Christ Can Set You Free."
After a short time, a car with two individuals stopped near the picketers. According to eyewitnesses, one of the car's occupants approached the picketers yelling obscenities. Then the man allegedly began assaulting the Christians. Ralph Ovadal, director of WCU, says this is not the first time his group has seen what he calls "this very, very violent heart of the homosexual movement." Despite the ugliness of that exhibition, he feels there is a certain benefit to be gained from such confrontations.
"There's an awful lot of people that are deceiving themselves," Ovadal says, "thinking [that] on this particular issue we can strike a happy balance, and we can coexist with both sides in this thing, and we can all be happy and just get on with life -- and it's just not true."
According to the Wisconsin pro-family leader, such intolerant reactions to Christian expressions are common. "We hear it over and over and over," he says, "that our speech is not legitimate, it incites, it's something that's violent in and of itself, and, if we insist on continuing to preach what we preach. we should be put in jail."
Still, Ovadal says, in many such confrontations, the Christians have encountered fair-minded and dutiful law-enforcement officials. "I will say this -- in Burlington, as in so many other places, we met some very good police officers ... some very godly police officers out there, and they did their job," he notes. "They were upset by what happened, and we're hoping that their eyes were opened as well to what's going on in our culture."
A suspect has been arrested in connection with the Burlington assault, and Ovadal says police are investigating the altercation. Despite that incident, the WCU leader says members of his group will soon be back in Burlington, handing out more literature.
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Showing their true 'colors"!
You know, I am reminded of the tourist scene in the movie 'Witness'.....
Ping for Truth
Hate Crime?
So, when is this story going to appear in the LA Times, NY Times, Boston Globe, and Washington Post??
This sounds like a hate crime. These guys need to be sleeping with bubba.
I talk to some of them on another discussion group, and they get extremely angry if you try to persuade them that their lifesyle is wrong. If there is to be a change of heart, it has to come from within. It is interesting to gain some insights about how homosexuals feel and think.
Many of them feel like the minority group that used to get called the n-word every day.
If you can avoid confronting them about the morality and hygenic aspects of homosexuality, you can often find common ground just by talking to them and finding out they can be interesting people when they aren't in activist mode.
At the same time the passage about casting pearls before swine comes up.
THE HOMOSEXUAL ROOTS OF FASCISM
http://www.abidingtruth.com/pfrc/books/pinkswastika/html/Chapter3.htm
This has gone too far.
"allegedly assaulting the Christians"
What happened?
That description merely indicates that there was some physical contact, perhaps just a push.
Who were they?
The article automatically jumps to the conclusion that they were gay. Maybe they were a couple of heterosexuals who got pissed at the signs, or were just pissed-off for some other reason.
Far too many conclusions on far too little information.
Anybody who takes this article seriously is in dire need of some critical thinking skills.
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"if someone whacked the queers they'd get 100 years"
Rightfully so. Did you even read the whole article?
I guess they just have a different definition of "tolerance" than Christians do.
Interesting link:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1356328/posts?page=12#12
You have a point. They can bring their message to us, through the media, etc., but those of the alternate persuasion are not allowed to do that via the mainstream media.
Still, there is a time and place for everything. I haven't had one come to my door yet passing out pro-gay lifestyle tracts.
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