The #SupremeCourt #declined to get #involved in a #firstamendment challenge to a #dragshowbans ban. It was the second time the court has refused to step into a drag controversy this term.
#WestTexas A&M went to the #court after two courts refused to act in time to save a #studentdragshow scheduled for March 22. They asked for #emergency intervention, claiming a clear violation of their rights to #freespeech.
https://www.npr.org/2024/03/15/1238906976/supreme-court-drag-shows
It'd be nice to see progressive folks continually repeating this phrase:
"You can't ban your way to freedom."
Just keep saying it.
Has anyone that is advocating to ban drag story-readings put any work into banning Catholic priests from being alone with children?
Just keeping things in perspective, there has been no evidence of story-reading drag queens hurting kids that I’m aware of… Yet Catholic Priests, the list is endless. Religious leaders: sure you can keep molesting. LGBTQ people: Yikes, don’t read stories!
#drag #dragstorytime #DragShowBans #dragqueens #gop #republicans
For the #RightWing, #DragShowBans have never been about the children or the clothes or the #comedy.
They have always been about the cruelty.
I'm old enough to remember this. It wasn't the only time they were in drag. I can still hear #BobHope's voice in my head, complaining about how his girdle is killing him, on one of his many TV shows.
You also have:
* "Uncle Milty" #MiltonBerle, who was famous for his #drag comedy.
* #FlipWilson, who repeatedly donned a dress to play "Geraldine Jones" with hilarity.
https://youtu.be/Rb13NQbsXPk
* #DustinHoffman as #Tootsie.
* #RobinWilliams as #MrsDoubtfire.
* The entire cast of #MontyPython.
* Kids watched an animated #Mulan passing as a male and #BugsBunny in drag.
* And who can forget #HarveyKorman on "The #CarolBurnett Show", as "Mother Marcus" in "As the Stomach Churns."
https://youtu.be/O8Bwj4mZb34
#DragShows #LGBTQ #LGBTQRights #LGBTQRightsAreHumanRights #ClassicTV #TVHistory #MovieHistory #JackieGleason #GroomingChildren #DragQueens
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