DeSantis admin goes after liquor license for foundation hosting ‘drag queen’

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration is trying to revoke the liquor license of a music foundation that hosted a drag-themed Christmas show featuring children.

Axios reported that the state Department of Business and Professional Regulation filed the complaint against the Orlando Philharmonic Plaza Foundation on Friday.

The petition noted that the foundation was operating as a “performing arts center” when they were licensed to serve alcoholic beverages during the “Drag Queen Christmas” show three days after Christmas 2022.

The DBPR complaint provides several images of young children on the show despite its “sexually explicit nature”.

They allege that the Orlando Philharmonic Plaza Foundation “violated state law by allowing a person to perform a lewd or lascivious exhibition ‘in the presence of a victim under the age of 16.'”

Other exhibits included in the filing show that minors were able to witness performers “wearing sexually suggestive clothing and female genitalia” and engaging in “simulated sexual activity.”

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DeSantis takes aim at drag show performances featuring children

The Political Insider previously reported that the DeSantis administration is targeting another drag event in Fort Lauderdale at the same time as the Orlando Philharmonic Plaza Foundation drag show that allegedly exposed children to “sexual activity.”

Brian Griffin, the governor’s press secretary, issued a statement at the time and even hinted that the DBPR was looking at criminal charges if the investigation found that the children were exposed to “sexually explicit activity.”

“Exposing children to sexual activity is a crime in Florida, and such conduct violates the department’s licensing standards for operating a business and holding a liquor license,” the statement said.

Pushing sexual content on children as a way to normalize it is not something DeSantis seems to ever shy away from, drag show or otherwise.

Florida’s governor famously signed the Parents’ Rights Act that bars teachers and school districts from offering classroom instruction on “sexual orientation” or “gender identity” in kindergarten through third grade.

As former White House press secretary Jane Psaki breaks down in tears, you might think, you might think, not to have sexual conversations with children.

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Joy Reid Says DeSantis Is Turning Florida Into ‘Right-Wing Fantasy Land’

The same media and Democrats who would have condemned DeSantis for pursuing a business’s liquor license for trying to inundate children with sexual performances, not too long ago, cheered the former New York governor for doing the same to businesses. Social distancing orders.

In other words, they have no moral high ground to argue the matter.

MSNBC host Joy Reid was recently upset in part by Governor DeSantis’ efforts to protect children from pornographic drag shows.

“He’s taking aim at the draggy performance, even suggesting he’ll ask the state’s child protective services to investigate parents who take their own kids to one,” the left-leaning host lamented.

No, Joy, Hell is a state that allows children to be subjected to sexualized drag shows while adults who should know better do nothing about it, or worse, actively cheer. groomers.