Federal judge declares Texas drag law unconstitutional
Federal judge declares Texas drag law unconstitutional
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Federal judge declares Texas drag law unconstitutional
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Ah, the blissful-but-brief interval between when a Texas district judge issues a sensible ruling and the 5th Circuit overturns it with a concurrence by Judge Ho saying that if it were up to him people attending drag shows would be rounded up in internment camps.
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Not just that, Texans will tell you it’s by far the BEST place in the world. Of course, they e typically not tried seriously to live or understand anywhere else. I have cousin who was looking for an archaeology job and refused to work in another state. “I don’t WANT to work outsiddea Texas!” But then, the other ones he looked at were Oklahoma, Louisiana and Alabama…
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Not all of us can afford to move. So instead, we vote against the idiots that have run this state into the ground for the last thirty years.
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retards
Sigh can we just not?
Call them ballsacks, assholes, fucksticks, cuntbags, or whatever else if you like but using that word sounds like something they would say.
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This is the best summary I could come up with:
A federal judge on Tuesday struck down a Texas law that LGBTQ advocates feared would ban drag shows in the state and imprison performers.
Greg Abbott signed in June, expanded existing state law to prevent children from exposure to sexually explicit performances.
U.S. District Judge David Hittner, who was nominated by Republican President Ronald Reagan, ruled in favor of the plaintiffs, writing that the law “impermissibly infringes on the First Amendment and chills free speech.”
“LGBTQIA+ Texans, venue owners, performers, and our allies all came together to uphold free expression in our state — and we won,” the American Civil Liberties Union of Texas, which filed the lawsuit on behalf of the plaintiffs, wrote on X, formerly Twitter.
Texas drag performer Brigitte Bandit, one of the plaintiffs, said in a statement to NBC affiliate KXAN of Austin that she was “relieved and grateful for the court’s ruling.”
Montana and Tennessee have passed laws that explicitly limit drag performances in some capacity, and four other states — Arkansas, Florida, North Dakota and Texas — passed laws this year that regulate “adult” performances and could be used to target or restrict drag, according to the LGBTQ policy think tank Movement Advancement Project.
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A victory for free speech. People on the right seem to think freedom of speech just means the right to lie, gaslight, and be openly racist online. They conveniently forget it also means speech and self-expression they don't like.