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	No. 99-2067
		Ovadal was identified as "being in charge" of what both parties referred to as the "picketers." It was undisputed, as the trial court found, that "Ovadal, an antiabortion picketer,...
		Ovadal argues, and both the trial court and this court agree, that regulating speech in a traditional public forum such as thoroughfares is subject to the highest scrutiny.
		Finally, while adopting without reiterating the trial court's rationale concerning Ovadal's vagueness challenge, this court would add that a person who intends to picket within a highway's right-of-way would not reasonably be concerned that by carrying a sign, he or she has thereby "placed" that sign under any conventional, commonly understood connotation of the word.
	www.wisbar.org /res/capp/z1999/99-2067.htm (3430 words)

	There Once Was A Twit Named Ovadal
		Ovadal argues (1) the court's findings are not supported by the evidence; (2) his conduct constituted speech protected by the First Amendment; and (3) the trial judge was biased.
		Ovadal and the group began shouting at Erickson, calling for her to repent as well as calling her a "whore," "harlot" and "Jezebel," among other things.
		Finally, Ovadal argues the court in its decision cited the transcript attached to the criminal complaint, which was not part of the record and therefore could not form a basis for the decision.
	www.usenet.com /newsgroups/rec.nude/msg02554.html (1889 words)

	Mazo Beach
		Pastor Ralph Ovadal is currently appealing his recent conviction of disorderly conduct for his verbal taunts of a nude beach goer.
		Ovadal and the WCU might be interested in is the growing Christian Naturism movement.
		To the media, Ovadal has shrugged his shoulders and called the 2001 incident a "robust exchange between two people in a public place." The district attorney disagreed and though the woman in question did not want to pursue civil action, he charged Ovadal and won in a court of law.
	www.fortunecity.com /westwood/vivienne/438/rants143.html (1129 words)

	News from Agape Press
		Pastor Ralph Ovadal, pastor of Christ the King Church in Monroe, Wisconsin, is appealing a conviction that could lead to a 90-day jail sentence.
		Ovadal says he preached a short message to the woman which, officials say, included calling her "a harlot" and "a Jezebel." He was found guilty of disorderly conduct last week, with the judge claiming Ovadal lost his free-speech rights when he verbally attacked the woman in the parking lot.
		Ovadal says law enforcement, the prosecutor, and the judge openly displayed their hatred for him and all Christians, and convicted him for simply preaching God’s Word.
	headlines.agapepress.org /archive/4/302002e.asp (342 words)

	Social Issues
		Ovadal believes that homosexual acts, such as sodomy, should be re-criminalized like they were in the United States prior to 1982, when Wisconsin became the first state to adopt gay rights legislation.
		Ovadal asserts that a lot of people are uncomfortable with what he refers to as “the homosexual agenda,” but because they are bombarded with pro-homosexuality messages from the media as well as the educational establishment, they begin to feel their views border on bigotry.
		Ovadal feels that Wisconsinites are not ready to support gay marriage based on his insight of Wisconsin’s opinion on the family unit.
	www.journalism.wisc.edu /j417/fall03/social/brummer.html (1409 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Ovadal argues (1) the court\rquote s findings are not supported by the evidenc e; (2) his conduct constituted speech protected by the First Amendment; and (3) the trial judge was biased.
		Ovadal disputes this and claims the videotapes clearly show that Ovadal never approached closer than seven or eight feet awa y from Erickson.
		However, Erickson testified she had seen Ovadal there previously, and Ovadal himself testified that he had protested there \'93a lot of times.\'94 There was, therefore, evidence in the record upon which the court relied when it made statements regarding Ovadal\rquote s previous protests at the beach.
	www.courts.state.wi.us /ca/opinions/03/03-0377.doc (2077 words)

	firstamendmentcenter.org: analysis
		Ovadal is a Christian minister who in 2003 led a small group of followers to a pedestrian overpass spanning one of the busiest highways in Madison, Wis. There the group unfurled large banners reading “Homosexuality is sin” and “Christ can set you free.”
		Recognizing that “Ovadal’s use of signs and banners to express a religious viewpoint is at the core of the speech that the First Amendment protects,” the court applied traditional public-forum analysis to determine the extent of that protection.
		While the court conceded that drivers’ reactions to Ovadal’s speech created a safety hazard, it asserted “it is the reckless drivers, not Ovadal, who should have been dealt with by the police.” To punish Ovadal, the court said, would be to give the drivers an unconstitutional “heckler’s veto” over his speech.
	www.firstamendmentcenter.org /analysis.aspx?id=15645&printer-friendly=y (843 words)

	WI 2002
		Ralph Ovadal, self-annointed pastor and leader of a group calling itself Wisconsin Christians United, has turned much of his vitriol toward nudity in general - and Mazo Beach in particular.
		Ralph Ovadal, who has been arrested, cited and fined for his various exploits, continues his pattern of denying responsibility for his actions.
		Ovadal's latest tactic at Mazo is harassment of those attempting to go to the clothing-optional beach.
	www.nac.oshkosh.net /StatesFrames/Legislation_Summary_Frames/Wisconsin_Summary/WI_2002/body_wi_2002.html (358 words)

	firstamendmentcenter.org: news
		Pastor Ralph Ovadal was convicted in Barron County Circuit Court for erecting a sign along U.S. Highway 8 near the Turtle Lake casino.
		Ovadal was ordered to pay a $96 fine in March 1999.
		Ovadal appealed his conviction to the state's 3rd District Court of Appeals, claiming he was not in violation of the law because he was holding the sign rather than placing it in the ground.
	www.fac.org /news.aspx?id=7464 (398 words)

	WorldNetDaily: State joins tug of war over nude beach (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Last week, Pastor Ralph Ovadal with Wisconsin Christians United was ordered to pay a $1,000 fine plus court costs as penalty for his conviction earlier this year of disorderly conduct while preaching to a beachgoer at Mazo Beach in Dane County.
		Ovadal's conviction stems from an incident last summer in the parking lot of the beach, a clothing-optional area on the Wisconsin River within a state-owned wildlife unit managed by Wisconsin's Department of Natural Resources.
		According to Ovadal, Erickson was "unconcerned" about his preaching, but became upset when one of her dogs ran off.
	www.worldnetdaily.com /news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=27861 (2256 words)

	Pastor's Public Preaching Ruled Unconstitutional (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The 3rd District Court of Appeals upheld Ralph Ovadal's disorderly conduct conviction and $1,000 fine in the 2001 incident near the Mazomanie nude beach on the Wisconsin River.
		Ovadal, pastor of Christ the King Church in Monroe, has protested nudity at the beach since 1998 by handing out written Bible verses, holding placards and preaching.
		Ralph Ovadal (left), director of Wisconsin Christians United, leads a protest Thursday in front of the Green County Courthouse in Monroe.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/997838/posts (1573 words)

	News from Agape Press
		But Ovadal says when Byczek objected to the lesbians' public displays of lewdness, the women began a campaign of harassment in an attempt to drive him from his property.
		Ovadal warns that the problems the Byczeks are having could happen to any family.
		Ovadal says because he tried to protect his family, Dary Byczek could end up in prison.
	headlines.agapepress.org /archive/10/22000f.asp (271 words)

	JS Online:There must be a hole hate group can crawl in
		Ralph Ovadal and his hate group, Wisconsin Christians United, crawl out into the daylight every once in a while and bask in whatever reaction they can get.
		Ovadal, said Stahlhut on Monday, threw the cup on the ground and crushed it.
		Ovadal's group announced that he was drawn to Sheboygan Monday because it has "seen a marked increase in homosexual presence and advocacy" - something people might have an opinion about, I guess, if they were even aware of it.
	www.jsonline.com /news/ozwash/feb03/119161.asp (737 words)

	morons.org - Wisconsin's own "Fred Phelps" in action (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Ovadal is the Director of the group Wisconsin Christians United, a fundamentalist Christian group that pickets gay events, attempts to convert high-school students, and harangues politicians, both locally and nationally, to put forward their fundamentalist agenda.
		Ovadal has often complained in the past about unfair treatment from the police and municipal authorities when disputes have arisen at some of his protests.
		Ovadal doesn't seem to understand is that there is a difference between a politician attending a conference, on the public dime, that espouses ideas that you disagree with, and having the public pay for a politician to attend a RELIGIOUS conference.
	web.morons.org /article.jsp?sectionid=8&id=4443 (1170 words)

	Gay News From 365Gay.com
		Ovadal claimed the city was violating his First Amendment right to free speech and went to court.
		A judge denied Ovadal's request for an injunction against the police, ruling that their restrictions against Ovadal's speech were justified.
		Ovadal appealed to the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals which ordered the case reopened.
	www.365gay.com /Newscon05/12/121305madison.htm (368 words)

	Judge: Banning antigay banners is not free speech violation \| News \| Advocate.com
		U.S. district judge John Shabaz told the Reverend Ralph Ovadal of Monroe, chairman of Wisconsin Christians United, that testimony in the trial of his lawsuit against the city showed that the "spectacle" created by the banners on September 2, 2003, created a traffic hazard by causing traffic to slow.
		Ovadal said it was likely he would appeal.
		Kanne told the trial court to explore whether the ban on Ovadal was narrowly tailored and content-neutral and whether anyone else with a different message would have been barred from doing the same thing.
	www.advocate.com /news_detail_ektid23325.asp (375 words)

	PlanetOut News: WI 'Phobe Claims Pastor Fired
		It's the first trophy Ovadal has claimed in the Wisconsin Christians United campaign he calls "Expose the Wolf," to reveal to their congregations the identities of 60-odd clergy who signed a call for tolerance of gays and lesbians, making them "wolves in sheep's clothing" according to Ovadal.
		Ovadal -- described by his opponents as "Wisconsin's Fred Phelps" (the Kansan famous for picketing the funerals of those dead of AIDS) -- brags of using his "intelligence sources" to track down those who did not give their affiliations along with their signatures.
		The questions are many and the answers may or may not appear, but what is clear is that Ovadal is hoping to discourage gay-friendly clergy from expressing their views, while encouraging their homophobic congregants to fire them.
	www.planetout.com /news/article-print.html?1997/08/21/3 (467 words)

	The Big Easy 93.7 - Q102 - WEKZ - Green County Net News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Ovadal, pastor of the Christ the King Church of Monroe, had been convicted for taunting a woman at a protest at the Mazomanie nude beach on Memorial Day last year.
		Judge Higginbotham told Ovadal he had considered sending him to jail for his behavior, but said that would make him a martyr to his followers and he wasn?t going to do that.
		During the court proceedings Wednesday, bailiffs had to eject two Ovadal supporters from the courtroom for making inappropriate remarks to Nancy Erickson, the woman who was taunted by Ovadal and his supporters at Mazomanie on May 28 of last year.
	www.wekz.com /home/news.cfm?date=5/30/2002 (602 words)

	Pilgrims Covenant Church - Judge to Sentence "Angry Fundamentalist" Today
		Today, May 29, Judge Paul Higginbotham will sentence Pastor Ralph Ovadal for preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ on the parking lot of the Mazomanie nude beach, a well-established fora for free speech.
		In addition, the language used by Judge Higginbotham in his written guilty decision clearly shows him to be anything but impartial with regard to Pastor Ralph Ovadal and other Christians opposed to the beach.
		That ministry, which was founded by Ralph Ovadal in 1993, has been included as a ministry of Pilgrims Covenant Church since April 1, 2005.
	pccmonroe.org /Mazo/judge.htm (415 words)

	Fair Wisconsin's No On The Amendment Blog: Backers of the Ban, Part One
		Ralph Ovadal and his so-called church, Pilgrim’s Covenant, are the focus of this blog entry.
		Ovadal and his group are actively working to help pass the civil unions and marriage ban.
		Some people liken Ovadal and his operation to Fred Phelps’ “God Hates Fags” outfit, but Ovadal seems to use somewhat less inflammatory rhetoric.
	noontheamendment.blogspot.com /2006/02/backers-of-ban-part-one.html (693 words)

	Anti-Gay Flags to Get Another Day in Court (Madison, WI) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Pastor Ralph Ovadal, of Monroe, brought suit after police officers threatened to arrest him for disorderly conduct in September and October 2003 if he and his followers didn't leave pedestrian overpasses near Verona Road and Park Street.
		On appeal, the city argued that Ovadal was asked to leave because his protest was creating unsafe conditions, not because officers disagreed with the anti-gay messages.
		However, Ovadal's attorney countered that the officers cited motorists "disturbed" by the signs' messages and said that "drivers slammed on their brakes because they're upset," according to the decision.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1447165/posts (1163 words)

	mike tidmus : blog (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Ralph has issues with Fred’s indelicate style and presentation, which Ralph calls “juvenile.” Ralph objects to Fred’s “promiscuous use of unbiblical pejoratives” and graphic stick-figure depictions of sodomy.
		Ralph prefers to use the expression “sodomites,” as in “the sodomites are the elite shock troops of an army of implacable God-haters.”
		Ralph is really glad that Fred lives in Kansas, and Ralph thinks Fred should stick to his own turf and stop stealing Ralph’s thunder in Wisconsin.
	www.tidmus.com /blog/index.php?id=109 (1101 words)

	AFA Journal - March 2002
		Ralph Ovadal, pastor of Christ the King Church in Monroe and one of the pro-lifers prosecuted by the city, charged that the laws were unconstitutional.
		The ordinances prohibited the placing of leaflets on car windows that were parked in public and forbade the carrying of protest signs that were larger than three feet square.
		The city was forced by the settlement agreement to dismiss all outstanding charges, scrap the challenged ordinances, and agree to pay each of the twelve pro-life plaintiffs reparations.
	www.afa.net /journal/march/2002/prolife.asp (390 words)

	JS Online: Judge fines man $100 over protest at nude beach
		Dane County Circuit Judge Steven Ebert said Ralph Ovadal of Monroe had the right to assemble 70 protesters and to picket and preach at the Mazomanie beach but should not have blocked others from using the beach.
		The judge also said the words Ovadal used when he yelled at those who went around a chain blocking the road were ones that tend to provoke a disturbance.
		Ovadal, the head of Wisconsin Christians United, was cited by the state Department of Natural Resources for leading the group of people who stretched a chain across the road to the beach for several hours Aug. 28.
	www.jsonline.com /news/state/aug00/nude12081100a.asp (481 words)

	WI 2003
		On May 28, 2001, Ovadal acosted a young woman who was headed to the beach and began loudly and insistently to refer to her as a "whore."
		Ovadal funded an aborted lawsuit against the state in 2001.
		More recently, Ovadal was fined more than $1,000 for singling out a woman who was on her way to the beach and repeatedly shouting to her, publicly calling her a "whore." Ovadal called it "street preaching" and said it was protected speech, the judge said it was beyond protection and was disorderly.
	www.nac.oshkosh.net /StatesFrames/Legislation_Summary_Frames/Wisconsin_Summary/WI_2003/body_wi_2003.html (717 words)

	Jesus_Freak_3d's Xanga Site
		In Madison, Wisconsin, Ralph Ovadal, a pastor and founder of Wisconsin Christians United, was physically attacked in 1996 while protesting a pro-homosexuality photo display at a public school.
		Pastor Ovadal is immediately interviewed by a very concerned agent, but has not to this day been informed of the results of the tests that the agent said they would certainly do on the powder.
		On a regular basis, Pastor Ovadal and WCU receive threats via phone, e-mail, and letter which are not turned over to the police due to the improbability of catching the perpetrators and the time considerations regarding such an attempt.
	www.xanga.com /home.aspx?user=Jesus_Freak_3d (3187 words)

	Illinois Family Institute
		Editor's note: Ralph Ovadal, founder of the group Wisconsin Christians United (which now operates as Pilgrims Covenant Church), is a friend of mine and one of the bravest people I know.
		Ovadal was even assaulted by a homosexual activist, and--surprise!--no "hate crime" charges were filed against the assailant.
		On September 2, 2003, Pastor Ovadal and a number of Christians with him were forced from one such overpass by Madison police who said the message "Homosexuality is sin" and "Christ can set you free" was causing some motorists to react in an angry fashion.
	www.illinoisfamily.org /informed/contentview.asp?c=30367 (753 words)

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