A federal judge issued a permanent injunction to block SB 12 from becoming law, a victory for drag performers who said it threatened their livelihood and freedom.
and trial last month, plaintiffs testified that SB 12"threatened their livelihoods, censored their freedom of expression and vilified an art form that has roots going back millennia," the ACLU said.
“Today’s ruling blocks a law that threatens some of the most cherished First Amendment freedoms we all hold dear,” ACLU of Texas attorney Chloe Kemp said. “As the court recognized, SB 12 is also vague, overbroad, and chills entire genres of performances that are not obscene or inappropriate, from high school Shakespearean plays to the Nutcracker ballet to the Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders.”
The CEO of Equality Texas took a shot at Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and other state leaders who supported the ban. “Drag performers aren’t using taxpayer money to support their real estate developer cronies; they aren’t using burner phones to hide their affairs; they aren’t punishing staff who speak out against them. Yet, drag performers are the ones that the Texas Senate decided to put out of a job?” Martinez said. “We should all be worried about why some Texas politicians want to control which doctors we see, what stories can be told in schools, and which performers have the right to practice their art.
There's been no response yet from Paxton or Texas Gov. Greg Abbott but we will update the story if we hear from them.
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