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Eugene

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Thu Oct 12, 2023, 08:08 PM Oct 2023

Florida law targeting drag shows can't be enforced for now, appellate court says

Source: Associated Press

Florida law targeting drag shows can’t be enforced for now, appellate court says

Updated 12:21 PM EDT, October 12, 2023

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A ruling prohibiting the enforcement of a new Florida law targeting drag shows will stay in place for the time being, according to a federal appeals court decision.

A panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday upheld a lower court’s granting of a preliminary injunction stopping the law from being enforced until a trial is held in Orlando, Florida to determine its constitutionality.

In their appeal, attorneys for the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation had asked that the injunction only apply to the business that had challenged the law, saying that the judge’s injunction “sweeps beyond Plaintiff to nonparties who may wish to expose children to live obscene performances in violation of the statute.”

But a majority on the appeals court panel ruled against that request, saying the Florida agency hadn’t shown that the lower court had erred by prohibiting the law’s enforcement.

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Read more: https://apnews.com/article/drag-shows-florida-desantis-orlando-291d3f409b149eb1651b9433bf6f0cc9

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Florida law targeting drag shows can't be enforced for now, appellate court says (Original Post) Eugene Oct 2023 OP
DeSantis is all morally uptight about drag shows but look at his Nazi pal Nick Fuentes. keithbvadu2 Oct 2023 #1

keithbvadu2

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1. DeSantis is all morally uptight about drag shows but look at his Nazi pal Nick Fuentes.
Thu Oct 12, 2023, 09:48 PM
Oct 2023

A guest at Trump's personal Thanksgiving table.

Nick Fuentes... Way too much explanation.


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