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pA drag-themed restaurant and bar is suing Ron DeSantis over his ban on drag. /p
pHamburger Mary's is taking Meatball Ron to court. ClickOrlando.com:/p
blockquotepA bill Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into law involving adult entertainment and children, including drag shows, is already having a detrimental effect on at least one Orlando business and it is suing to stop the bill./p
pHamburger Mary’s owners said once they told customers that children would no longer be permitted at any of its drag shows, bookings in May fell 20%./p
p“That’s what happens when the government makes people and businesses too scared to do legal things because of the potential consequences,” [Attorney Gary] Israel said. “Luckily, we have courts in this country, and the federal courts are bound to uphold the U.S. Constitution.”/p/blockquote
pThe restaurant clearly has standing and a strong First Amendment case against Pudding Fingers. Their Go Fund Me has raised over $8000 as of this writing. /p
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blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none"p lang="en" dir="ltr"And here#39;s the motion for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction that was filed with the complaint: a href="https://t.co/38kQLpNN6l"https://t.co/38kQLpNN6l/a/ppa href="https://crooksandliars.com/2023/05/drag-restaurant-hamburger-marys-sues" target="_blank"read more/a/p