{"id":1950349,"date":"2023-06-18T12:02:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-18T16:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-rules-utah-city-violated-first-amendment-in-canceling-public-drag-show\/"},"modified":"2023-06-18T12:03:33","modified_gmt":"2023-06-18T16:03:33","slug":"judge-rules-utah-city-violated-first-amendment-in-canceling-public-drag-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-rules-utah-city-violated-first-amendment-in-canceling-public-drag-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Utah city found guilty of First Amendment violation for canceling public drag show."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjudge-rules-utah-city-violated-first-amendment-in-canceling-public-drag-show%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1950349&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>A Victory for Drag Performers: Utah City Ordered to Grant Permit for Public Park Show<\/h2>\n<p>A United States District judge has made a groundbreaking ruling, ordering the city of St. George in Utah to grant a permit for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-rules-utah-city-violated-first-amendment-in-canceling-public-drag-show\/\" title=\"Utah city found guilty of First Amendment violation for canceling public <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/shocking-video-shows-two-children-collecting-tips-on-stage-at-drag-nightclub\/\" title=\"Shocking Video Shows Two Children Collecting Tips On Stage At Drag Nightclub\">drag show<\/a>.&#8221;>highly anticipated drag show set<\/a> to take place in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hidden-homeless-more-people-living-in-vehicles-due-to-covid-hardships\/\" title=\"\u2018Hidden Homeless\u2019: More People Living In Vehicles Due To COVID Hardships\">public park<\/a>. This decision comes after the Southern Utah Drag Stars filed a lawsuit against the city, following the cancellation of their April show due to the venue withdrawing its support.<\/p>\n<p>This ruling not only paves the way for the rescheduled performance in June but also eliminates any city-imposed restrictions on advertising. Judge David Nuffer, in his ruling, emphasized the importance of public spaces as platforms for free expression, stating, &#8220;Public spaces are public spaces&#8230; not private spaces. The First Amendment of the United States Constitution ensures that all citizens, regardless of popularity or conformity, have the right to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/actor-john-malkovich-tossed-from-venice-hotel-for-expired-vaccine-passport\/\" title=\"Actor John Malkovich Tossed from Venice Hotel for Expired Vaccine Passport\">access public spaces<\/a> for public expression.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The city of St. George had initially denied the permit for the drag show, citing the performers&#8217; early advertising as a violation of an ordinance that had never been enforced before. However, Judge Nuffer saw this as a mere pretext for discrimination and ruled in favor of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/5-crazy-examples-of-universities-spending-thousands-on-sex-weeks-and-drag-shows\/\" title=\"5 Crazy Examples Of Universities Spending Thousands On \u2018Sex Weeks\u2019 And \u2018Drag Shows\u2019\">drag performers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>While the city of St. George expressed disappointment with the ruling, they affirmed their commitment to upholding the law. They are currently evaluating their options and considering a possible appeal. If an appeal is made, the case will be taken to the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver, Colorado.<\/p>\n<h3>Stay tuned for more updates on this groundbreaking legal battle!<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>to the city&#8217;s refusal to issue a permit. However, Judge David Nuffer has now ordered the city of St. George in Utah to grant the permit for the drag show scheduled in a public park. This ruling comes as a result of a lawsuit filed by Southern Utah Drag Stars.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1950350,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[4935,4944,5269,7069,5806,3799,5830,5764,6569],"class_list":["post-1950349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-amendment","tag-canceling","tag-city","tag-drag","tag-guilty","tag-public","tag-show","tag-utah","tag-violation"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1950349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1950349"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1950349\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1950350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1950349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1950349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1950349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}