Posted on 09/13/2023 6:51:24 AM PDT by Deadeye Division
BELLEFONTAINE, Ohio (WCMH) — A rural Ohio city may be voting in this November’s election on whether to ban drag queen performances in public or where children are present.
Six Bellefontaine residents are seeking to place a proposed city ordinance prohibiting “adult cabaret performance” on the Nov. 7 ballot after collecting 796 support signatures and filing the petition with the Logan County Board of Elections. If passed, the measure would be enshrined as part of the city’s zoning code regulating adult entertainment.
“Adult oriented exhibitions featuring male or female impersonators who provide displays and entertainment appealing to s**ual interest, shall not permit the attendance of a minor,” the proposal states. “Adult cabaret performances shall not be held on public property, or any location viewable by a minor.”
However, five separate Bellefontaine residents allege the “anti-drag” group submitted the ballot initiative fraudulently. On Aug. 25, the five residents filed an electoral protest with the Logan County Board of Elections charging the anti-drag group with submitting a different proposed ordinance than the measure supporters signed.
Tim Steinhelfer, an attorney representing the five protestors, said the ballot initiative filed with the city auditor in April and then signed by nearly 800 supporters did not contain the title language submitted in August to the board of elections that enshrines the drag queen ban as a zoning ordinance.
“You can’t just swap out the petition after the voters signed them with one you think stand a better chance in court,” Steinhelfer said. “[The residents] were caught red-handed and my clients are trying to protect the integrity of the election.”
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Tim Steinhelfer, attorney representing the five protestors, is the democrat candidate for mayor of Bellefontaine.
Remember back when this activity was NOT the norm? Or at least seems to be the norm.
Steinhelfer is also a member of the Extending the Branch charity, which provides legal and financial assistance to LGBTQ+ individuals and families in Logan County.
The Branch is a non-profit organization that promotes inclusivity and support for LGBTQIA+ and allies in Bellefontaine, Ohio. It operates a community center that offers various services and events, such as counseling, education, health care, and entertainment. One of its goals is to create a safe and welcoming environment for people of diverse sexual orientations and gender identities in a rural area that may lack such resources
my clients are trying to protect the integrity of the election.”
Says the shameless who is running for mayor.
It makes sense to me, to have laws and regulations for drag queen shows just as we regulate strip joints and pornography establishments.
With “things” as they seem to be these days, why is the MPAA still rating movies? Half the garbage (or more) presented these days would have been “R” or “X” not that long ago. Not just at the movies either.
WHO-—IN THEIR LIFETIME—(I AM 83) EVER THOUGHT WE WOULD NEED SUCH LAWS?????
It was an idyllic childhood for me, and I can't imagine the plain, good folks that I knew back then would tolerate such depravity...
...but things change, I suppose...I was gone when the Honda plant moved in, my dad worked for Scott seed co.
Sad to think of, really. I hope you can marshal enough opposition to this perverted stuff.
(assuming you are in the area - I'd love to read about it if you had a profile...)
A persuasive Dr. Seuss poem explaining why a “transwoman” is a man
I see your hair, it is a wig.
Your Adam’s Apple still looks big.
You are a man that is clear.
I do not see a woman here.
I must admit, it’s rather odd
To hear you say you’re now a broad.
You have no uterus, so no:
You cannot bleed from down below.
I do not like your padded bra!
You should not use the women’s spa!
You tell me you had surgery;
Your pronouns still are “him” and “he.”
Your chromosomes are X and Y.
That means you’ll always be a guy.
You gave yourself a girly name.
That does not mean you’re now a dame.
A surgeon chopped your eggs and ham?
I still won’t call you Ma’am I Am.
Ha! Very good!
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