For the third time this month, a new Florida law restricting drag performances that is backed by Gov. Ron DeSantis has been rejected in the courts. Aside from that, Bratty McBratFace isn't very good at leading his state. Ronald runs on an anti-woke platform, but his attacks on the LGBTQ community, drag queens, and Disney isn't working out.
NBC News reports:
In all three cases, the issues supported by DeSantis, a Republican presidential candidate, lost on grounds that the laws appear to infringe on people's constitutional rights.
In Friday's decision, U.S. District Judge Gregory Presnell of the Middle District of Florida granted an injunction preventing the state from enforcing a law that bans minors from attending "obscene live performances," calling it too broad.
The judge refused to dismiss the law entirely, meaning the underlying lawsuit challenging it will go forward.
The governor's office said the judge was "dead wrong" and predicted the state would win on appeal.
"Of course it's constitutional to prevent the sexualization of children by limiting access to adult live performances," Jeremy Redfern, a spokesperson for DeSantis, said in an email.
Hamburger Mary's, a drag show-themed restaurant launched the lawsuit in response to the law that DeSantis signed in May. The judge sided with Hamburger Mary's after they argued the law was written so broadly as to have a "chilling effect" on First Amendment rights to free speech.
A GoFundMe was set up for the restaurant, and it garnered $39,878 to pay for legal expenses.
