LGBT Lies Silence Speech & Religion: Court Deems Scripture Threat & Feelings Basis for PPO/Gag Order, OK Supreme Court to Decide

Trans-Tyranny: Bartlesville - Part 5 - April 7, 2023

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In this segment of Trans-Tyranny: Bartlesville -

• OKEQ Board Member / BPD Officer Provides the Inaccurate Police Report Needed to Silence Opposition to Public Obscenity

• Two Judges Use BPD/OKEQ Lies, Ignore Statutes - Unchecked County Court System Legislates from Bench

• LGBT “Feelings” are the New Legal Standard for Defining Harassment in Washington County

• This PPO Was About Silencing in the Name of Activism, Not the Protection of Any Individual

• What This PPO Could Mean for Real Christian Churches and Believers in Washington County

• State Supreme Court Takes Over: This Fight is Now About Freedom of Speech & Religion and It’s No Longer in the Hands of the Washington County District Court

The silencing of the majority is happening at every level of American government. Perhaps the most shocking part of this trend is the willingness of courts to participate. Activist judges now regularly brush aside laws to coddle, protect and embolden the few who seek to eradicate the minimum standards of conduct and public decency that have long allowed those of differing beliefs and lifestyles to live peacefully together within individual communities. Legal mechanisms meant to protect truly vulnerable people are being weaponized to censor any opposition to these activist movements setting unlawful precedent for all.

One such case that began in Washington County District Court, and has now risen to the attention of the Oklahoma Supreme Court, may be the overstepping stop-stick that halts that unjust trend for all Oklahomans. In this case, the issuance and continuance of a bogus protective order by two district judges has openly threatened the constitutionally protected rights of free speech and exercise of religion for all Washington County residents. The Bartlesville Police Department played a pivotal role in this unlawful process.

The V1SUT Vantage has followed as the two highest ranking board members of an LGBT activist group named Oklahomans for Equality (OKEQ)-Bartlesville have sought to silence the farthest-reaching voices in support of a citizens’ petition to limit adult-oriented entertainment, including drag shows, in public spaces. And now we watch as OKEQ tosses the will of Bartlesville’s vast majority aside, plays the victim, misuses a connection inside the BPD and lies to an overly sympathetic district court to prevent opposing views on this issue from ever speaking again.

Ironically, they are using Biblical scripture to get the job done.

OKEQ Board Member / BPD Officer Provides the Inaccurate Police Report Needed to Silence Opposition to Public Obscenity

In the previous segment of Trans-Tyranny: Bartlesville, one activist used her role as an officer within the Bartlesville Police Department to further OKEQ-Bartlesville’s agenda. Officer Jessica Pitts’ involvement in two wrongful death cases, as both an officer and previous OKDHS investigator, were revealed. Pitts is currently on forced leave related to potential perjury from her accusation of sexually inappropriate conduct against fellow officer James Graham. Graham was recently acquitted on all such charges.

In November, despite being a board member of OKEQ-Bartlesville with a clear conflict of interest, Officer Jessica Pitts provided the police report needed for an unchecked county court to silence the most vocal supporter of Bartlesville’s push to ban public obscenity, street preacher Richard Penkoski of Warriors for Christ ministries.

Warriors for Christ ministries website.

Several street preachers have been active in opposing OKEQ-Bartlesville’s promotion of public drag shows, but Penkoski, arguably the James O’Keefe of street preachers, was specifically targeted for silencing due to his history of exposing the true nature of these events through insider video. Warriors for Christ ministries has been active in this fight since 2017, and LGBT activist groups know him well.

Pitts authored the police report on behalf of Morgan Lawrence and Sheena Hayes, the two highest ranking board members of OKEQ-Bartlesville.

BPD Knew Officer Pitts was Involved with OKEQ-Bartlesville

A public post by OKEQ-Bartlesville confirms the BPD was aware of Officer Jessica Pitts’ connection to the organization long before she wrote the conflicted report in question.

From left, Andrew Gordon, Price Connors, Deb Gordon, Officer Jim Warring (BPD), Officer Jessica Pitts (BPD/OKEQ), Morgan Lawrence and Sheena Hayes.

The police report below was written and submitted as an official filing within the Bartlesville Police Department (BPD) and the District Court of Washington County, yet its author, Officer Jessica Pitts, never identifies herself as a board member of OKEQ-Bartlesville.

Pitts’ undisclosed conflict of interest should make the document and any decisions made based upon the document suspect. It should also call into question the supervision process for BPD officers and approvals of their reporting.

BPD Report and Conduct at Pride Event Smacks of Activist Favoritism and Ignorance of First Amendment

Pitts’ police report reads like a propaganda piece by those wishing to reframe the public dialogue concerning the behavior of the individuals performing in drag at OKEQ’s September pride event as a victim’s narrative for LGBT people. Pitts describes “overwhelming protests and threats” at the pride event.

Fox News 23 saw the event and protesters very differently:

According to the Fox New 23 article:

“Confined to an area behind a barrier, a small crowd of people protested the event. They said that a drag show, put on as part of the festival, was not appropriate for children.”

“A crowd of around 20 people were peacefully gathered behind a barrier with signs and megaphones protesting.”

“There were lots of police at the protest barrier and walking round the event and interacting with the community. The event ended up being very peaceful.”

In fact, video from the story shows pride event supporters were forcing themselves among the small group of peaceful protesters who remained across the street as requested by law enforcement, as evidenced by the pride flags and sign saying “Hate is the Real Virus” among the group.

In addition, Jim Gilles, another street pastor known for his work on college campuses nationwide, in an interview with this publication, described a purposeful infiltration of the protest encouraged by local law enforcement.

Gilles attended the event and stood among the protesters. Gilles described a loud and dysregulated, adult black male who was pacing, yelling and waving his arms. Gilles and others watched this man approach BPD officers and converse with them before crossing the street to agitate the pride protesters, moving back and forth across the street multiple times to encourage and lead others to engage the group directly. The man, as described by Gilles, was captured within Fox News footage of the event behaving as Gilles reported.

LGBT supporter described as inciting conflict with protesters at Bartlesville pride event.

While police instructed protesters to stay behind a barricade on the opposite side of the street, multiple witnesses say nothing was done to stop pride supporters, including the instigator in the blue shirt, from crossing to incite direct conflict. Protesters of the event, by all reports, remained peaceful despite provocation.

Police Report Invents Dialogue Concerning Bestiality but the Topic is Timely

Pitts’ police report also inaccurately attributed several quotes to Mr. Richard Penkoski, the target of this silencing campaign possibly due to his large online following. Gilles testified at the hearing, identifying himself as preaching aloud at the pride event about sodomy, not Penkoski, and confirming no one involved with the protest said “homosexuals rape dogs” or “raping anus” as documented in Pitts’ report.

And for those thinking that comments about animals, had they been verified as spoken during the event, would be coming from far right-field, the reader should know that far-leftist Spain just made bestiality legal, so long as the animal doesn’t require veterinary care after the assault.

Yes, Spain. The country whose Canary Island pride event, the largest gay rave in the free world attended by 80,000 in May of 2022, brought monkeypox to the world, now brings bestiality into the norm.

A small clip from Penkoski’s footage at the event (publicly available on YouTube) reveals how little BPD officers understand about the exercise of free speech, no matter how unpopular the topic.

BPD Report Admits to Awareness of Video of Lawbreaking Lude Performances Then Attacks the Messenger, Not the Perpetrators

Incredulously, Pitts’ report refers directly to Penkoski’s released video of the drag performer lifting his skirt and grabbing his genitalia, covered only by flesh colored panty hose, in the presence of children yet fails to mention the town’s standing ordinances against such behavior (video publicly available on YouTube).

Pitts and the petitioners, according to her report, appear only concerned that Morgan Lawrence (OKEQ) was called a “liar” despite the video clearly proving Lawrence’s statements to the city council were untrue. Penkoski is the villain for releasing the video but the obscenity and the lying are just fine.

Pitts police report is a case study in insider activism meant to support the OKEQ cause, not an honest attempt to enforce any laws or accurately depict a conflict between individuals. The report set the stage for two scriptures to become the “threat” needed to obtain a protective order, which included a highly convenient, excessive and unconstitutional gag order.

Two Judges Use BPD/OKEQ Lies, Ignore Statutes to Silence Opposition to Public Obscenity - Unchecked County Court System Legislates from Bench

In November and December 2022, Associate District Judge Russell C. Vaclaw worked outside of the scope of Oklahoma’s statutes related to victim protections, which require a familial, romantic or residential relationship between parties and actual incidents of harm, physical stalking or direct harassment, to grant and continue an emergency ex parte protection order against street preacher Richard Penkoski. The order included a social media gag that prohibited Penkoski from mentioning the petitioners.

Washington County Associate District Judge Russell C. Vaclaw (center) with OKEQ (Oklahomans for Equality)-Bartlesville Board President Morgan Lawrence-Hayes and Vice President Sheena Hayes (right), Disciples Christian Church Rev. Kelley Becker (center right), The Village Fosters and formerly OKDHS Comfort Keidel (far left) and other OKEQ board members.

This publication, at the time, outlined Vaclaw’s departure from statute and conflict of interest related to OKEQ-Bartlesville. After publication of that information, Vaclaw recused himself from the case, leaving the protective order in place.

On February 15, 2023, Judge Linda Thomas, the district’s highest-ranking and elected judge, presided over the hearing to determine whether the emergency protective order granted by Vaclaw should be continued or cancelled. This was Penkoski’s first opportunity to address the court related to the order. Penkoski, as the defendant, represented himself while the petitioners for the PPO were represented by attorney/trans-activist Joshua Payton of OKEQ headquarters in Tulsa.

The Law is Just a Speedbump for OKEQ Attorney Joshua Payton - Banks on Activist Judges Overriding Law on Trans Issues

OKEQ attorney Joshua Payton returned to Oklahoma to run his family’s business, Celebrity Attractions, after working in Missouri as an attorney in the area of “tax-exempt financing”.

Ironically, Payton’s license to practice law was suspended during 2014 as the result of a disciplinary action by the state of Missouri’s licensing authority after he failed to pay his taxes.

Payton again sat for the Bar Exam in 2019, this time in Oklahoma, and began a clinic within the OKEQ’s headquarters (Tulsa), under the banner of the Oklahoma Equality Law Center, assisting with gender-related, name changes which he states was motivated by his sibling’s transition.

During early 2021, Payton was growing a boutique, legal business through OKEQ doing trans name changes until Oklahoma’s deep state got caught making up rules without laws to back them up.

During 2021, the Oklahoma State Department of Health, under Dr. Lance Frye, took it upon itself to designate a third gender option of non-binary on Oklahoma birth certificates. No law dictated the addition but the issuance of the first non-binary birth certificate in the state, in October 2022, prompted a closer look by law makers and the governor. An order by Governor Stitt the following month put a stop to the third gender designation, as well as gender/name changes based on just a court order, which were found to have been happening since 2018 outside of Oklahoma law. Dr. Lance Frye resigned from the Department of Health shortly after.

Stitt’s order should’ve ended Payton’s burgeoning name-change clinic but it appears the attorney has little respect for the law, leaning more on activist judges to support his work. At least one Oklahoma County District Court judge, Don Andrews, does not agree with Payton’s lawless strategies.

Forget laws, attorney Payton believes in all-powerful judges, which may explain the recent alignment between district judges and LGBT activism. One side gets to feel all-powerful and the other side seems to get whatever it wants, despite the law. Payton has continued his efforts through OKEQ, despite the governor’s order.

Payton fundraises to support his efforts outside of the law to change the names of those identifying as “transgender”, offering “trans-scholarships” through OKEQ for his services. It’s presumed the funds go to Payton for his legal services.

With OKEQ’s Payton representing Morgan Lawrence and Sheena Hayes of OKEQ-Bartlesville, street preacher Penkoski representing himself and Judge Linda Thomas on the bench, a most unconventional PPO extension hearing took place on February 15th.

From left, Sheena Hayes (VP OKEQ-Bartlesville) and Morgan Lawrence (Pres OKEQ-Bartlesville), co-petitioners of protective order. Photo publicly available at OKEQ FB page.

Richard Penkoski, Warriors for Christ Ministries, testifying before the TN House related to censorship. Video publicly available at WFC’s YouTube.

What transpired within this hearing should concern all citizens of Bartlesville, Washington County and far beyond, as the freedom to express deeply held religious beliefs, and even the right to worship using the Bible as written and accepted for centuries, have been overridden along with the laws concerning protective orders.

Preacher Jim Gilles was also present at the March 15th continuation hearing, taking notes and serving as a sworn witness. This publication interviewed Gilles at length and his detail concerning the hearing was impressive.

District Judge Linda Thomas Suffers from Pronoun Preoccupation

According to Gilles, it appeared Judge Thomas had already made her decision on this case prior to entering the courtroom and hearing any evidence from the defendant. In a telling moment early in the hearing, Thomas verbally clarified to ensure she was addressing petitioner Sheena Hayes by the correct gender identifiers. The judge did not solicit such clarification related to any other attendee of the hearing. In addition, the petitioners’ attorney referred to Penkoski as “they” multiple times, with no correction from the bench.

While Judge Thomas embraces flexible pronouns as part of court proceedings, higher courts are pushing back against their insertion within court documents as an unrelated attempt to politicize a justice system that should apply laws equally among all citizens.

Petitioners Claim Penkoski as Threat to All LGBT, Yet Fail to Show Evidence of Any Direct Threat to Themselves

This hearing was disturbing proof of the double-standard that has infiltrated Oklahoma’s justice system. PPO’s are about conflicts between individuals and personal safety, yet according to Gilles, the petitioners’ attorney repeatedly sought to connect Penkoski with a fictitious wave of widespread and indirect persecution against LGBT people.

According to Gilles and during the hearing, Penkoski was falsely linked to a bomb threat at a children’s hospital in Boston because Libs of TikTok posted his video of one of the drag performances in Bartlesville. Payton repeatedly referenced “stochastic terrorism” as the broad vehicle by which Penkoski was inciting “violence“ against the petitioners, despite Penkoski having no documented history of violence. Gilles states Payton labeled Penkoski a “hate group”, referencing the Southern Poverty Law Center, arguably one of the most racist organizations in the country, as his source.

The petitioners attempted to enter a picture of a gun with a Bible, posted not by Penkoski but by someone Penkoski knew, to prove Penkoski was a threat. Gilles reports that Judge Thomas refused to enter into the court record that picture and some general information about “stochastic terrorism” Payton had printed from the internet, stating they were irrelevant to the case and not specific to Penkoski.

Gilles strongly refutes attorney Payton’s attempts, during the hearing, to paint street preaching as a profitable business. This publication has interviewed three street preachers who attended the 2022 Bartlesville Pride event, and all expressed donations are greatly appreciated but rarely consist of enough to cover even their travel expenses to the events they are invited to cover. Whether you agree or disagree with the messages these preachers profess, it is clear their motivations are sincere and not centered in monetary gain.

OKEQ-Leaders Blame Street Preacher for Alleged Threatening Calls to Local Businesses with No Proof

Gilles recalled that petitioner Hayes, during the PPO hearing, attempted to link Penkoski with purported threatening calls to two Bartlesville restaurants, The Eatery and Crossing 2nd, both owned by friends of herself and her spouse. Under cross-examination, Gilles said those claims were found to have no evidence showing Penkoski or anyone else had actually called with threats.

Crossing 2nd - As previously reported, Crossing 2nd has hosted drag shows it claimed were family friendly. The defendant in this PPO case exposed the nature of those performances, as well as the presence of children in attendance, and the restaurant’s owner did some victim-based whining to the local newspaper when her business slowed. Nothing about the performances at Crossing 2nd were child- appropriate. (WARNING: VIDEO BELOW CONTAINS EXPLICIT CONTENT)

The Eatery - As proof that LGBT activists compulsively seek to sexualize nearly everything, within its menu behind its public-facing menu, The Eatery by 3 Kids & A Cake specializes in a full menu of obscene, custom, LGBT cakes, which may be the cause of any unfriendly calls they may or may not be getting. Just another “family friendly” establishment wondering why everyone is so mean to them. After the outing of its pornographic menu, The Eatery pulled the options below off of its online ordering menu.

All Emotion and No Evidence

Gilles states the petitioners presented emotion and presumptions about Penkoski yet no proof of any direct threat of harm to themselves. According to Gilles, each described feeling unsafe at home, putting up cameras and being nervous at bumps in the night despite Penkoski having never attempted any form of contact with them. Sheena Hayes expressed her spouse had cried often since Judge Vaclaw recused himself, a telling confession about the conflicts of interest in this case from the beginning.

Petitioners Stage Their Own Victimization, Blame Defendant

Gilles describes the height of ridiculousness in this unusual hearing as when each petitioner expressed terrifying levels of fear in learning their actual names were read aloud on one of Penkoski’s online livestreams. The reader should understand the recitation of the petitioners’ names aloud happened while Penkoski was being served the protective order Lawrence and Hayes had filed against him as he demonstrated at a Christmas themed drag event in Tulsa, which Warriors for Christ exposed as NOT family friendly as advertised (WARNING: VIDEO BELOW CONTAINS EXPLICIT CONTENT):

This was the moment the defendant first learned there was a PPO against him. Penkoski did not threateningly call the petitioners out on a livestream, as OKEQ attorney Payton suggested. The petitioners, through the court, sent someone from the police department to do that.

In fact, the relationship between the supposed victims and presumed perpetrator in this case is so non-existent that the petitioners had no personal address for Penkoski to provide to the court. One would think Judge Vaclaw would’ve stopped to ponder just how distant this relationship was and how endangered the petitioners actually were or were not when they had to stalk Penkoski’s social media to inform the court where he’d be protesting and could thus be served.

Hearing Established No Relationship and No Direct Threat of Harm

During cross-examination of the petitioners, Gilles reports that Penkoski clearly established that he had no relationship to either, had only been in the same room with them once at a city council meeting, had never made any direct contact with them and had never mentioned either person by name in his online communications. It was determined Penkoski had preached at dozens of controversial events nationwide and had no documented history of violence. Further, it was established that any photos used by the defendant that included the petitioners, who self-described as public figures during the hearing, were publicly available.

Gilles states the petitioners consistently and dramatically misinterpreted scripture in an attempt to establish a personal threat by Penkoski. In the end, the only threat presented was Penkoski’s use of two scriptures and the petitioners’ feelings about those scriptures.

The V1SUT Vantage previously reported on Penkoski’s post and the scriptures used:

From previous reporting: The scriptures cited by Penkoski which triggered the protective order against him have consistently been distorted for activist purposes, including during the string of scandals related to sexual assaults on female students by a cross-dressing male within Loudoun County (VA) Public Schools. That situation has resulted in an ongoing, state empaneled special grand jury tasked with investigating school administrators and board members related to a cover-up of the assaults.

Matthew 18:6 But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.

Romans 1:32 Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.

These scriptures do not threaten or even suggest that Penkoski or any other human will physically hold those accountable who fail to protect children. They suggest that God will do so. Lawrence and Hayes did not file for a protective order against God. They filed against Penkoski because this order was never about safety. It was about silencing the opposition.

LGBT “Feelings” are the New Legal Standard for Defining Harassment in Washington County

In the end, or perhaps from the beginning, Judge Thomas declared that the petitioners’ unsafe feelings about the recitation of the word of God trump Penkoski’s right to profess those scriptures. According to Gilles, Thomas concluded that the petitioners right to “feel safe” in their community overrides Penkoski’s right to openly express what he believes.

Gilles reported Judge Thomas took over Payton’s job, coaching witness and petitioner Sheena Hayes extensively to solicit the unsafe feelings on which Thomas’ decision in this case appears to have been based.

This Order Was About Silencing in the Name of Activism, Not the Protection of Any Individual

It appears evidence did not drive the court’s decision to permanently silence Penkoski within Bartlesville’s battle to protect its public spaces. According to Gillis, the evidence presented, and even many of Judge Thomas’ comments during the hearing, supported a much different conclusion than her final order and closing lecture to Penkoski. Thomas’ order states NO FINDING OF DOMESTIC ABUSE AND/OR STALKING.

In contradiction to that finding, the order then goes on to issue the maximum length of continuation of a protective order (5 years) and some highly restrictive conditions.

Judge Thomas placed an even more restrictive gag order on Penkoski than what was represented within the previous order by Judge Vaclaw, extending the gag to “anyone on his behalf or as his agent”. Beyond being a violation of Penkoski’s constitutionally protected freedoms, this feels like the court is discouraging anyone in Bartlesville from having anything to do with the resistance to vulgar drag performances, or else, and directly illustrates why, by law, protective orders are to apply to individuals, not movements.

Thomas also included a vague statement prohibiting Penkoski from “other conduct” that may cause “reasonable fear of bodily injury” to the petitioners that could be grossly exaggerated to find Penkoski in violation of the order based upon the court’s newly established benchmark of LGBT feelings as law.

Washington County District Court Has History of Misusing Power: Judge Thomas is No Exception

Linda Thomas was elected to the bench in 2018 after her opponent, District Judge Curtis Delapp, was forced to resign due to a gross misuse of power. Delapp’s public outing for a longstanding pattern of heavy handedness outside of the law is rare and clearly indicative of a district court that has been historically unchecked.

The reader should understand that district judges are simply attorneys turned politicians, rarely representing the wisest or least conflicted within a given community. District judge is the equivalent of student council president among lawyers. These candidates could make more in private practice, but power and control are far more abundant on the bench.

Once a fellow attorney declares candidacy for a district court seat, the donations flow to his/her campaign from fellow attorneys who will soon stand before his/her bench. Those funds flow to local media in the form of campaign ads, insulating the future judge from public scrutiny. In Washington County, more than not, district judges face reelection unopposed, leaving little chance for improvement.

Linda Thomas’ campaign is no exception. Oklahoma Ethics Commission filings show her most frequent donors to be attorneys. Thomas spread the funds to the local paper (Bartlesville Enterprise Examiner), local radio (KWON), and the local periodicals (Bartlesville Monthly Magazine and City View Magazine) during her primary campaign. You’ll hear little criticism of Thomas from those outlets.

Judge Thomas Just Handed a Power Bomb to LGBT Activists - What This PPO Could Mean for Real Christian Churches and Believers in Washington County

Judge Linda Thomas handed the leaders of OKEQ far more than a PPO during the hearing. She handed all LGBT activists in Washington County a great deal of power with which to silence those with opposing views or beliefs, including any residents supporting the ban on adult activities in public.

Richard Penkoski and his fellow street preachers are fighting for the citizens of Bartlesville because they were invited by the town’s citizens and local churches who feared negative feedback if they were to personally stand up against OKEQ and public obscenity. What those local pastors and residents fail to understand is what comes next if they fail to engage in this fight for the right to speak one’s mind, openly exercise one’s faith and demand the innocence of children be protected.

Great Britain is a bit ahead of America on this ugly slide to a new set of community standards, and this is what it looked like two years ago for a 75-year-old pastor who dared to teach the word of God from the book of Genesis:

Christian Concern @CConcern

Arrested for preaching from the Bible in North West London. Pastor Sherwood is 75, notice how the arresting officer kicks him?

And as we speak, big tech has taken to censoring a wide range of scriptural references, even those discouraging violence.

Matt Walsh @MattWalshBlog

Attn: @elonmusk, Michael Knowles was suspended for posting a Bible verse. I assume this was a mistake. Can we get his account restored asap?

Under the rulings in this case by Judges Vaclaw and Thomas, Bartlesville should consider what might happen if activists on the offense, as “victims” tend to be these days, should slip into a pew at Bartlesville First Baptist Church on Sunday while Pastor James Biesiadecki is warning about the state of the world by referencing Leviticus or Jude.

What might be the legal fate of Jason Petermann at Christ Community Church if he were to speak with the congregation concerning Romans or Corinthians?

There’s not much left of God’s word after the LGBT activists carve out and forbid all that offends their feelings. Could David Bycroft be the next to be served due to East Bartlesville Christian Church’s longstanding and public beliefs about marriage?

The Bycrofts of East Bartlesville Christian Church.

Imagine the power-happy, field day the activists could have with Jim Dunn, president of Oklahoma Wesleyan University, should he give a lecture on sexual immorality and its effects on modern society to even a small part of the student body.

The Dunns of Oklahoma Wesleyan University.

If you’re thinking this publication is giving the activists dangerous ideas, that ship has long since sailed. Consider the ongoing battle at Oklahoma Baptist University. No longer can true Christians have even the smallest of spaces to educate their children with religious fidelity.

OKEQ has made it clear that LGBT people must be allowed to ‘be who they are’, yet you, dear Christians, can no longer be allowed to do the same. OKEQ is likely planning how they will use the newfound and unlawful power granted through this protective order to force silence over orthodoxies opposing their own.

The Washington County District Court has unlawfully made the OKEQ the new Thought and Speech Police for the residents of Washington County, but one street preacher is not taking it lying down.

State Supreme Court Takes Over: This Fight is Now About Freedom of Speech & Religion and It’s No Longer in the Hands of the Washington County District Court

It appears Richard Penkoski of Warriors for Christ ministry has become Oklahoma’s Donald Trump. Penkoski is fighting to restore the fundamental rights of all Oklahomans that were threatened by Judge Linda Thomas’ ruling outside of current statutes. Penkoski has appealed the ruling and his appeal has been accepted on the docket of the Oklahoma Supreme Court. All Oklahomans will be affected by their ruling.

This publication previously interviewed Penkoski, but given the extensive gag order placed upon him by Judge Thomas, he is only speaking to media through his attorneys at this time. This publication is in contact with Penkoski’s legal representation and is awaiting the organization’s statement about the case. Should this gag order be lifted by Oklahoma’s highest court, The V1SUT Vantage will be seeking Penkoski’s comments on the case.

This Case Has One Last Hearing in Washington County for Residents Interested in Attending

Judge Thomas ordered Richard Penskoski to pay legal expenses for the petitioners in this case. On April 27th at 1:30 p.m., all parties will meet at the Washington County Courthouse in Bartlesville to discuss the reasonableness of OKEQ attorney Joshua Payton’s billing in this case. After that, all proceedings related to the appeal will take place in Oklahoma City.

Stay tuned for a major revelation about the false campaign claiming “stochastic terrorism” against LGBT citizens in NE Oklahoma and beyond.

Review of the Timeline in the Battle for Bartlesville:

• Summer 2022 - OKEQ-Bartlesville widely promotes its upcoming pride event, a “family friendly” festival including drag performances in the town’s Unity Square. Local churches enlist the help of those fighting the sexualization of children nationwide.

• September 2022 - OKEQ’s Bartlesville Pride takes place in Unity Square. A small group of protesters, including street preachers David Grisham, Richard Penkoski, James Gilles and Ryan Ridinger, attend and remain across the street from the event as instructed by BPD. Following the event, thousands of residents sign a petition asking the city council to ban “adult-oriented entertainment in public spaces”.

• October 2022 - Among speakers at a packed city council meeting, OKEQ-Bartlesville president Morgan Lawrence-Hayes claimed “the pride event and drag performance did not include any form of adult entertainment...Plainly stated, there was no nudity, no obscenity and no sexually suggestive performances.” A video compilation by preacher Penkoski’s Warriors for Christ ministry proved Lawrence-Hayes’ statements to be false by revealing the true nature of the drag performances at the event. Libs of Tik Tok gave the video a wide-reaching audience.

• November 2022 - City Attorney Jess Kane makes a lengthy presentation before the city council seemingly proving that multiple standing laws and ordinances were broken during the September 2022 drag performances in Unity Square. Kane then declares that no laws were broken because no one was arrested. The council opts for better counsel and votes to move forward over the next 120 days to draft an ordinance restricting adult sexuality from public spaces.

• Also November 2022 - Despite a previous partnership with OKEQ-Bartlesville, Judge Russell C. Vaclaw grants an ex parte emergency protective order, including a complete gag order, against Penkoski at the behest of petitioners Morgan Lawrence-Hayes (president OKEQ-Bartlesville) and her spouse Sheena Hayes (VP of OKEQ-Bartlesville). Given no relationship between Penkoski and the petitioners to warrant the order, Vaclaw accepts Penkoski’s posting of two scriptures (Matthew 18:6 and Romans 1:32) related to the petitioners, though not by name, on his Facebook page as evidence of harassment.

• Also November 2022 - The emergency protective order is predicated upon a police report created by BPD Officer Jessica Pitts, also a board member of OKEQ-Bartlesville. Pitts history at both BPD and OKDHS is exposed.

• December 2022 - The petitioners, in a case of reverse stalking, provide Penkoski’s expected location to be served at a drag show protest in Tulsa. This is Penkoski’s first knowledge of the order against him.

• January 2023 - Following this publication’s reporting on Judge Vaclaw’s relationship to OKEQ-Bartlesville, Vaclaw recuses himself from the PPO case involving Penkoski, Lawrence and Hayes at an extension hearing. Vaclaw is replaced by Judge Linda Thomas and the hearing is delayed.

• In Today’s Article: February 2023 - The unchecked district court of Washington County, under District Judge Linda Thomas, declares scripture to be a threat of violence. Judge Thomas orders a 5-year extension of the full gag and protective order against Penkoski.

• Also In Today’s Article: March 2023 - This is no longer Penkoski’s fight but the fight of a town, a state and perhaps a country to retain the right to free speech and the free exercise of religion. The fight is removed from Washington County’s court. A well represented appeal of this PPO case is filed with the Supreme Court of the State of Oklahoma.

• April 2023 - The Bartlesville city attorney negotiates a behind-the-scenes agreement to continue drag performances in public and in the presence of children, circumventing the will of the town’s majority and ignoring the council’s promise to draft an ordinance against such use of public spaces.