A federal judge has blocked Tennessee’s restrictive anti-drag law, deeming it 'unconstitutional' in a ruling
was scheduled to go into effect, a federal judge has blocked the bill, deeming it “unconstitutional.”issued after midnight Friday, District Judge Thomas Parker wrote that “the Court finds that — despite Tennessee’s compelling interest in protecting the psychological and physical wellbeing of children — the Adult Entertainment Act is an UNCONSTITUTIONAL restriction on the freedom of speech.”
In late-March, after Gov. Bill Lee signed the AEA into law, Memphis-based LGBTQ theatre group Friends of George’s wearing a mini skirt and a cropped top and dancing in front of children violates this statute, but a Tennessee Titans cheerleader wearing precisely the same outfit doing precisely the same routine does not, because she is not a ‘female impersonator,’” the lawsuit noted.the AEA just hours before it was due to go into effect on April 1.
Parker’s ruling Friday effectively — for now — prevents lawmakers from enforcing the controversial bill that restricted public drag performances and “adult cabaret” in Tennessee; as
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