Posted on 09/22/2023 3:36:10 PM PDT by CFW
A federal judge ruled today that a ban on drag shows at a Texas public university can remain in effect while a lawsuit challenging it proceeds, writing that drag performances are not categorically protected under the First Amendment.
U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Texas Matthew Kacsmaryk, an appointee of former President Donald Trump, denied a motion for a preliminary injunction against West Texas A&M University from banning future drag shows on campus. Kacsmaryk also granted the university president, Walter Wendler, qualified immunity from the lawsuit, filed by the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE).
"Because men dressed in attire stereotypically associated with women is not 'overtly political' in a category of performative conduct that runs the gamut of transvestism… it is not clearly established that all drag shows are inherently expressive," Kacsmaryk wrote.
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How crazy that apparently some people think we are required to have drag shows on campus.
They filed a lawsuit against a ban on drag shows.
Why would they do that then somehow claim it’s a violation of free speech and constitutional rights somehow? They really think there’s a constitutional right to have a drag show anywhere anytime?
I am curious if a strip club ever sued to demand access to public spaces. Just have the state designate drag shows as adult entertainment and make them subject to the same laws.
I am curious if a strip club ever sued to demand access to public spaces. Just have the state designate drag shows as adult entertainment and make them subject to the same laws.
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Kinda like a DNC convention?
So...The Mrs. Doubtfire movie is next on the chopping block?
(SMH)
LOL
I thought the goal was no drag shows in front of children. I know they act like kids, but college students are over 18.
Let them go outside the college for their drag cr**.
These head-scratching headlines that require careful parsing drive me nuts.
1. Decline
2. Stop
3. Ban
No one there wants to do them.No one there wants to watch them.No one there wants to hear about them.
It is a college-not a HS-the students are nearly all 18 and over-so they are adults-not minors-they can see whatever form of adult entertainment they want if it is allowed on campus. But if they want drag shows, then real strip shows-with real females should get equal rights to this form of artistic expression-that is only fair-and no, I’m not joking-if the barn is open, then let all the horses out-not just the ones you want out...
“U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Texas Matthew Kacsmaryk, an appointee of former President Donald Trump”
DEAL WITH IT, NeverTrumpers (or should I say ‘Operatives’).
The judge got it right
Nope. Fake comparison. However try showing a porn of any type in the school quad and see what happens to you. Drag is porn.
No drag shows in public spaces. Same way no porn movies, no strip shows etc.
“Good news: There are no drag shows in heaven.”
Thank God (literally) that heaven is my destination when I leave this life on earth.
I thought headline was judge declines to halt drag shows in Texas. I guess the word ban didn’t impact my consciousness for a while.
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