A federal judge temporarily blocked Tennessee’s controversial law banning drag shows Friday, just hours before it was scheduled to take effect.
The first-of-its-kind legislation is too vague and broad and the state didn’t provide a good reason for why it would benefit Tennessee, US District Judge Thomas Parker wrote in his ruling.
Parker handed down the temporary injunction after listening to Memphis-based Friends of George’s — an LGBTQ+ theater company that filed a federal lawsuit to prevent the ban — argue against Shelby County District Attorney Steve Mulroy and the state of Tennessee.
The group argued the statute violates the First Amendment, an opinion Parker sided with.
https://nypost.com/2023/04/01/tennessee-drag-show-ban-temporarily-blocked-by-federal-judge/
