A federal judge in Texas has stopped the stateā€™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.

ā€œThe 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,ā€ District Judge David Hittner wrote in his opinion Thursday.

The law, signed by Gov. Greg Abbott Ā® in late June, bans ā€œsexually oriented performancesā€ that take place in the presence of minors. LGBTQ advocates argued that the billā€™s definition of performances is too broad and unconstitutional.

  • spider@lemmy.nz
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    1 year ago

    In their case, probably limited to a liberal interpretation of the Second Amendment.

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      I always say- They donā€™t care about the constitution and the only amendment they care about is the second half of the second.