A federal judge in Texas has stopped the state’s ban on drag performances, which was scheduled to go into place Friday, enforcing a temporary injunction on the measure in a win for LGBTQ rights adv…

A federal judge in Texas has stopped the state’s ban on drag performances, which was scheduled to go into place Friday, enforcing a temporary injunction on the measure in a win for LGBTQ rights advocates.

A group of drag performance groups, led by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Texas, filed a suit against the state early this month claiming that the law is overly broad and infringes on their freedom of speech.

“The Court finds there is a substantial likelihood that S.B. 12 as drafted violates the First Amendment of the United States Constitution under one or more of the legal theories put forward by the Plaintiffs,” District Judge David Hittner wrote in his opinion Thursday.

The law, signed by Gov. Greg Abbott ® in late June, bans “sexually oriented performances” that take place in the presence of minors. LGBTQ advocates argued that the bill’s definition of performances is too broad and unconstitutional.

  • cedarmesa@lemmy.world
    161·
    2 years ago

    In furtherance of the ongoing coup attempt red states who have gerrymandered themselves to super majorities have passed literally thousands of blatantly illegal, unconstitutional laws in recent months. Unconstitutional at state and federal levels. They are using the blitzkrieg tactic of law breaking taught to them by trump. If you break 20 laws a day you overwhelm the system and they can never catch up to you. They know the laws will be shot down but if you overwhelm the court system the laws still stand until the judiciary can catch up. This is especially crucial in the illegal electioneering laws theyve passed in droves. Bury the judiciary in bullshit and your unconstitutional laws will be in effect for the next election. The coup never stopped, it just temporarily moved to the state level.