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Federal judge temporarily halts Tennessee's 'drag ban' law

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Tennessee's new drag performance law was briefly halted by a federal court on Friday.

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Judge Thomas Parker issued an interim restraining order citing free speech rights. Parker wrote that Tennessee must follow the Constitution if it wants to limit profane speech.

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“The Court finds that, as it stands, the record here suggests that the legislature passed this Statute, it missed the mark,” he wrote.

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Republican Gov. plan Lee signed the new plan March 2. Saturday was the day. The first-of-its-kind law bars "adult cabaret entertainment" on public land or where minors can see it.

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The law is called a drag ban. Memphis LGBTQ theatre group Friends of George's, Inc. sued the law as illegal. Next play starts April 14.

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"This law threatens to force a theatre troupe into a nightclub, because Tennessee legislators believe they have the right to make their own opinions about drag into law,"

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“Plaintiff’s other option is to proceed as planned, knowing that Friends of George’s drag performers could face criminal—even felony—charges.”

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