Posted on Jan 25, 2023
Bill regulating drag shows advances through Arkansas Senate
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A bill that would regulate drag performances passed through the Arkansas Senate Tuesday on a vote of 29 to six.
Senate Bill 43 would classify performances involving cross dressing as “adult-oriented businesses” if they are done in view of children. The bill’s sponsor, Republican Sen. Gary Stubblefield of Branch, said he’s gotten “vulgar and obscene” pushback from detractors of the bill, which he says underscores the need to protect children from drag performances.
“Someone emailed me and said that I hated drag queens,” he said. “That's a lie. I don’t hate anybody. I do hate sin, because that’s the way I was raised.”
Stubblefield says the bill would only apply to sexually explicit material shown in drag shows, though that isn’t clearly defined in the bill’s text. Sen. Stephanie Flowers, D-Pine Bluff, accused Stubblefield of putting a target on the backs of drag queens and the LGBTQ community as a whole.
Senate Bill 43 would classify performances involving cross dressing as “adult-oriented businesses” if they are done in view of children. The bill’s sponsor, Republican Sen. Gary Stubblefield of Branch, said he’s gotten “vulgar and obscene” pushback from detractors of the bill, which he says underscores the need to protect children from drag performances.
“Someone emailed me and said that I hated drag queens,” he said. “That's a lie. I don’t hate anybody. I do hate sin, because that’s the way I was raised.”
Stubblefield says the bill would only apply to sexually explicit material shown in drag shows, though that isn’t clearly defined in the bill’s text. Sen. Stephanie Flowers, D-Pine Bluff, accused Stubblefield of putting a target on the backs of drag queens and the LGBTQ community as a whole.
Bill regulating drag shows advances through Arkansas Senate
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."The language of this legislation is so broad that it sweeps any public or private place into this regulation," said Holly Dickson, executive director of the ACLU of Arkansas. “So one's own home would be subject to the restrictions of this bill."
Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders has not said whether she would sign the restrictions into law if it reaches her desk. Sanders has said she would support legislation similar to Florida's law banning instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in kindergarten through the third grade.
“The governor believes that in Arkansas we will educate, not indoctrinate, our kids and is monitoring bills as they go through the legislative process and will review the final legislation," spokeswoman Alexa Henning said in an email when asked about the drag show bill."
..."The language of this legislation is so broad that it sweeps any public or private place into this regulation," said Holly Dickson, executive director of the ACLU of Arkansas. “So one's own home would be subject to the restrictions of this bill."
Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders has not said whether she would sign the restrictions into law if it reaches her desk. Sanders has said she would support legislation similar to Florida's law banning instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in kindergarten through the third grade.
“The governor believes that in Arkansas we will educate, not indoctrinate, our kids and is monitoring bills as they go through the legislative process and will review the final legislation," spokeswoman Alexa Henning said in an email when asked about the drag show bill."
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel good day Brother William, always informational and of the most interesting. Thanks for sharing, have a blessed day!
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