A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked a new Florida law LGBTQ advocates say targets drag queen shows after a popular Orlando restaurant sued Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis over implementation of the measure, according to court documents.
US District Judge Gregory A. Presnell granted a preliminary injunction in the case filed May 22 by Hamburger Mary’s Orlando against DeSantis, claiming it lost business because of the new law, which was signed last month. “This statute is specifically designed to suppress the speech of drag queen performers,” Presnell wrote in the order Friday.
” The law described an “adult live performance” to be “patently offensive to prevailing standards in the adult community of this state as a whole with respect to what is suitable material or conduct for the age of the child present.” Violators of the law could face prosecution and thousands of dollars in fines and have their licenses revoked. The plaintiff’s attorneys argued in the lawsuit, “It is a vague term subject to interpretation.
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