#Friends of George's

[justinspoliticalcorner]

Sam Stockard at Tennessee Lookout:

The 6th Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a lower court’s ruling and upheld Tennessee’s 2023 ban on adult cabaret entertainment in front of children. The court found that Memphis theater group Friends of George’s, which puts on drag shows, failed to show standing in its challenge of the state law and instructed the U.S. District to dismiss the case. The theater group filed suit against the state claiming the ban on cabaret performances and drag shows violated its First Amendment rights. The district court sided with Friends of George’s and declared the law unconstitutional, permanently enjoining Shelby County District Attorney Steve Mulroy from enforcing the law in his jurisdiction. Mulroy appealed the ruling, questioning the cabaret club’s standing and the merits of an injunction overriding the ban. The appeals court determined the group failed to meet its burden that the ban would put it in danger of prosecution and sent the case back to the lower court with orders to dismiss it.

The case stemmed from the Legislature’s passage of the Adult Entertainment Act in 2023 that made it illegal to put on adult cabaret shows on public property or in places where the entertainment could be seen by a minor. “Adult cabaret entertainment” is defined as “adult-oriented performances that are harmful to minors” and feature topless dancers, go-go dancers, exotic dancers, strippers, male or female impersonators and similar entertainers. The law’s passage stemmed, in part, from complaints about an annual PRIDE parade in Jackson that could be seen by children. The Tennessee Attorney General’s Office pointed out afterward the Sixth Circuit found that the district court was mistaken, in saying “there is no constitutional interest in exhibiting indecent material to minors.”

In a 3-judge hearing at the right-wing 6th Circuit Court, the 6th overturned a lower court ruling that barred Tennessee from enforcing drag ban law SB3 in Friends of George’s v. Mulroy by tossing out the case because Friends of George’s didn’t have any standing to sue.

[taepomme]

Little sketch bc i was bored in class

[ringosmistress]

[versatancore]

*charles just passing by*

pierre : i'm not gay but damn.

lewis : it's not gay to compliment another man bro it's okay.

max : to be honest, i'd fuck him.

george : see now? that's gay.

[polite--cat]

esteban thank u for providing the seating plan 🙏

[whatsupspaceman]

dylan has kids. dylan wants to know if ms huang is okay. dylan wants to see his kids but he loves his friends so he stays behind and blocks the door. dylan is so good at his job he has a desk full of finger traps and caricatures

dylan can’t hold down a job. dylan thinks he’s a fuck up outside of work. but he knows how good he is at lumon. dylan wants to do so good and keep his job so he can provide for his kids even though he can never see them

but dylans last perk was a glass picture of his friends. he held open the gates for 48 minutes thinking about his friends so they could see their families too, maybe.

lumon is trying to separate him and bribe him to be a good worker with perks and seeing his family he doesn’t know but his favorite perks have always been his friends no matter what. he didn’t see his kids again just for them. he will NEVER BETRAY THEM

[handfetis]

It’s been one of those days

[blorbocedes]

lando about george and max fighting: I hope it doesn't get smoothed out. I hope they stay fighting and arguing cause it's amusing to watch 😆 It depends. Every other driver has their own way of doing things. I don't think max tries to intimidate. max just says the truth, in his opinion. A lot of the time he just says the truth about things but uh, people don't like to hear the truth nowadays about things in life. He's honest, and he just gives his opinion. And I'm completely fine with that. Sometimes I agree with his opinion, sometimes I disagree. And it happens, that's life. I respect max a lot. I respect george a lot. but I don't mind if they lose respect for one another.

[mclennon-amv]

beetles

[stargiirl27]

It's that time of year when I start getting sad about the beatles again

[godmerlin]

Merlin 4x06 A Servant of Two Masters

[wtrpxrks]

i can fall asleep to heavy artillery and cries for a medic like it’s nothing 😴

[themultifanshipper]

At any given moment, George is riding the line between either looking like Mister Darcy or a Lesbian, and boy does he ride it hard...

[delzinrowe]

FRIENDS (1994-2004) The One with George Stephanopoulos (S01E04)

[edwin--charles]

[etheriankid]

"i wanna see the bubble bath!" me too adora, me too