Idaho Family Policy Center Lawsuit Update

Excerpts from a recent Idaho Family Policy Center newsletter:

"Several months ago, I (Blaine Conzatti) shared with you that Idaho Family Policy Center is being sued for defamation by a drag performer—all because we sounded the alarm on his sexualized performance at a city park."

"...longtime progressive activist Wendy Olson – filed a motion asking the court to restrict us from discussing our faith in God and biblical truth during the upcoming trial.

According to Wendy Olson, “any invocation of God or prayer may introduce unfair prejudice or mislead the jury,” and therefore our faith and any reference to God should be excluded from evidence and testimony under Idaho rules.

We believe that real biblical faith isn’t private, but instead informs and undergirds everything that the Christian does. It would be impossible for me or Pastor Josh to explain our public response to the drag show incident without talking about our faith.

What’s the real agenda? It appears that the drag performer and Wendy Olson want to prevent us from discussing our religious beliefs so they can portray us as bigots with personal animosity toward drag performers.

Nothing could be further from the truth. Everything we do at IFPC flows from our love for God and love for our neighbors. We don’t hate drag performers. My heart breaks for anyone who is trapped in the brokenness of their sin, including the drag performer who is suing us. In fact, we pray for him regularly—even during our weekly IFPC team meetings.

I want to be clear: Our motivation in discussing the drag show incident was never to shame the performer involved. Instead, our only goal is to protect children from being exposed to indecent sexual performances by changing state law—nothing more, nothing less."