The “adult live performance” law is an attempt "to suppress the speech of drag queen performers," a federal judge ruled in the Hamburger Mary's lawsuit.
If Mary's in SF was still around, I'd go there to celebrate this great news! (I think they closed in 2001 but came back in 2018 and then closed again during the pandemic and haven't come back since)
My wife, my daughter, and I used to go to the Cincinnati Hamburger Mary’s every Sunday night so we could watch SATC & QAF as a family without getting cable. Bonus that we got to watch with a fun & friendly crowd. My daughter was in her teens, at the time, and obsessed with QAF. I figured I’d rather pay for a few beers & a basket of fries every week than give Time Warner any money.
Glad the chain is still around, and glad they won this injunction.
It’s clear that Florida, like most if not all states, has a definition of pornography already on the books and presumably a body of case law defining it. One can only guess that said case law has something in it that would keep a basically family friendly drag show from being prosecuted. Far better Florida start banning “performance legislation” only aimed at virtue signaling “solutions” to non-existent problems.
The “prosthetic breast” bit means a cancer survivor in a tank top can’t sing where children are present.
There is definitely a less restrictive way of solving this-- pass a law saying that if anyone objects to drag shows that are otherwise non-pornographic under existing law, they are free to keep themselves and their children away.
Hurray for 80year-old Clinton-appointed federal judges unafraid to call out Fascist Ron!
If Mary's in SF was still around, I'd go there to celebrate this great news! (I think they closed in 2001 but came back in 2018 and then closed again during the pandemic and haven't come back since)
My wife, my daughter, and I used to go to the Cincinnati Hamburger Mary’s every Sunday night so we could watch SATC & QAF as a family without getting cable. Bonus that we got to watch with a fun & friendly crowd. My daughter was in her teens, at the time, and obsessed with QAF. I figured I’d rather pay for a few beers & a basket of fries every week than give Time Warner any money.
Glad the chain is still around, and glad they won this injunction.
It’s clear that Florida, like most if not all states, has a definition of pornography already on the books and presumably a body of case law defining it. One can only guess that said case law has something in it that would keep a basically family friendly drag show from being prosecuted. Far better Florida start banning “performance legislation” only aimed at virtue signaling “solutions” to non-existent problems.
The “prosthetic breast” bit means a cancer survivor in a tank top can’t sing where children are present.
There is definitely a less restrictive way of solving this-- pass a law saying that if anyone objects to drag shows that are otherwise non-pornographic under existing law, they are free to keep themselves and their children away.
Hamburger Mary's closed their Chicago location a couple of years ago. Such great food.
Glad the courts keep striking down blatant unlawful fascist laws. Just saw this Chris- seems an important though small step forward in fixing some of the terrible problems with non-scientific forensic “evidence” https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/criminal-justice/maryland-supreme-court-ballistics-expert-witness-testimony-PEBRNZ45TJF5NGQ5SK5R5YGTKE/