Waukesha LGBTQ+ organization forms safety plans ahead of 'Warriors for Christ Training'
Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Waukesha LGBTQ+ organization forms safety plans ahead of 'Warriors for Christ Training'
Quinn Clark, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Tue, September 5, 2023 at 7:06 AM EDT·8 min read
A picnic with lawn games was planned for Waukesha's Frame Park on Aug. 6., hosted by LGBTQ+ advocacy organization PFLAG Waukesha. Although it was described by PFLAG's Facebook event as a relaxing afternoon, a group of protesters perceived it to be more sinister.
The group of about 50 protesters from Mercy Seat Christian Church in Brookfield said they came to the picnic to speak out against the sin of homosexuality and the danger of exposing it to children. What that group saw as their duty to God, though, was another group's source of fear for their safety as allies and members of the LGBTQ+ community.
The upcoming Warriors for Christ Training Night organized by a Mercy Seat church member for young people to learn how to speak out against "the LGBTQ movement," as its website describes, has only intensified that fear.
"We are now formulating safety plans involving security officers to protect ourselves, and notifying police every time we have an event as a precaution," said PFLAG President Julie Reuss, who said the picnic isn't the first time Mercy Seat protesters have disrupted events.
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