OPINION: 'But the issue of constitutionality is unlikely to phase Wendler, as it certainly has failed to give him pause so far,' writes _rmccoy
Photo Illustration by Erin O'Flynn/The Daily Beast/West Texas A&M University
Amid the controversy, many on the right have rushed to Wendler’s defense. Local GOP Chairman Dan Rogers, for example,a message in support of the president, insinuating that Spectrum “is trying to disrupt society.” Rogers continued, “I think it’s the very definition of evil because they’re trying to make their lifestyle something that everybody should accept.
Such sentiments, holding restrictive gender norms in higher esteem than constitutional restrictions against censorship, reveal the authoritarian impulse driving efforts to ban drag. While supporters of drag bans prate on about the importance of thein other contexts, it's clear that they are referring to “freedom” to act within narrowly imposed—and, here, blatantly unconstitutional—confines.
In hosting their show off campus, WTAMU students resiliently worked around administrative suppression—but still, all is not well at WTAMU. As the FIREnotes, Wendler’s actions have made the student organization “apprehensive about hosting” future events on campus, such as their annual National Coming Out day event, “for fear of similar treatment by President Wendler or his administration.”
Until Wendler’s actions are rectified, it will remain disturbingly unclear whether student expression at West Texas A&M is dictated by the guarantees of the First Amendment, or the lawless caprices of its president.
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