{"id":1968605,"date":"2023-07-10T13:34:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-10T17:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/family-friendly-indiana-arts-festival-hosts-drag-show-even-after-sponsors-drop-out\/"},"modified":"2023-07-10T13:37:14","modified_gmt":"2023-07-10T17:37:14","slug":"family-friendly-indiana-arts-festival-hosts-drag-show-even-after-sponsors-drop-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/family-friendly-indiana-arts-festival-hosts-drag-show-even-after-sponsors-drop-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Indiana Arts Festival Holds Drag Show Despite Sponsorship Withdrawal"},"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\">18<\/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%2Ffamily-friendly-indiana-arts-festival-hosts-drag-show-even-after-sponsors-drop-out%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=1968605&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--><div class=\"article-content\">\n<h2>An Increasing Majority of Americans Reject Transgenderism<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>An <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/social-trends\/2022\/06\/28\/americans-complex-views-on-gender-identity-and-transgender-issues\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">increasing<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/education\/2023\/05\/05\/trans-poll-gop-politics-laws\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">majority<\/a> of Americans say a person\u2019s sex is determined from birth, but this hasn\u2019t stopped the left from promoting transgenderism \u2014 even when it <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/05\/25\/bud-lights-brand-is-so-trashed-it-cant-even-give-beer-away-for-free\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">tanks their business<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/02\/10\/detransitioners-are-being-abandoned-by-medical-professionals-who-devastated-their-bodies-and-minds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">harms<\/a> the very people it\u2019s supposed to help. In an attempt to be \u201cinclusive,\u201d the Three Rivers Festival in Fort Wayne, Indiana, will host its third annual drag performance tonight.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>A Celebration of Heritage and Business<\/h3>\n<p>This year\u2019s show was initially advertised without an age restriction, but later it was changed to 18+ with an admission fee of $5. Previous shows were open to all ages.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2-long d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-1376276045\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1379703300879-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-db74d4a63e9dcd3f5c370044ae2e4da1 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-db74d4a63e9dcd3f5c370044ae2e4da1\"><\/div>\n<p>The Three Rivers Festival began in 1969 to promote business and celebrate the city\u2019s heritage. The festival gets its name from the three rivers that meet in Fort Wayne. It has since grown to be the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.threeriversfestival.org\/about-us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">second-largest<\/a> summer festival in Indiana, with almost half a million visitors each year. A <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> was added to the festival in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/americanprinciplesproject.org\/media\/new-app-poll-shows-most-indiana-voters-support-bill-protect-girls-sports\/\">polling<\/a> from the American Principles Project last year, a majority of Indiana voters oppose the gender ideology takeover of schools and society. Almost 65 percent of likely Indiana voters support legislation banning males from competing in girls sports in K-12 schools.<\/p>\n<p>Peter Scaer, a Lutheran pastor from Fort Wayne, said the festival should celebrate good things instead of promoting ugliness and mockery.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re pushing an agenda which is breaking down all of the barriers, or all the goodness of what it means to be a man and a woman, and it\u2019s very confusing for our children.\u201d Scaer said, \u201cIt sets a bad example for adults \u2014 especially for our community \u2014 to sponsor this.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-0154501ce8a21534b332026213737332 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-6\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-0154501ce8a21534b332026213737332\"><\/div>\n<p>The inclusion of a drag show influenced at least one sponsor\u2019s decision to pull funding from the festival. Bill Bean, the principal of NAI Hanning &#038; Bean, said in a statement to WANE 15 that he withdrew sponsorship last year after investing over $600,000 in the festival.<\/p>\n<p>Bean told 21Alive News the company withdrew its support because the board parted ways with festival director Jack Hammer and politicized the festival.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had always thought of the Festival as an event that avoided political and divisive issues, and my conclusion was that the board was trying to insert their personal social agenda onto the festival,\u201d Bean said in a statement to 21Alive News. \u201cI felt this was wrong not because of the event itself but using the festival that way. I would have felt the same way if they wanted to have a MAGA event.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bean did not reply to requests for comment.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-788700b60d4eebfbde4929b5b1886751 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-10\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-788700b60d4eebfbde4929b5b1886751\"><\/div>\n<p>Another sponsor, Ruoff Home Mortgage, pulled funding from the festival this year, but the company did not respond to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-kamala-harris-keeps-a-running-tab-on-reporters-who-dont-fully-understand-or-appreciate-her\/\" title=\"Report: Kamala Harris Keeps A Running Tab On Reporters Who \u2018Don\u2019t Fully Understand\u2019 Or \u2018Appreciate\u2019 Her\">interview requests<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The festival\u2019s 62 current sponsors include the City of Fort Wayne, the Allen County Board of Commissioners, and the Greater Fort Wayne Inc. Metro Chamber Alliance.<\/p>\n<p>John Nichter, the president of the Three Rivers Festival Board, did not respond to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chicago-mayor-sued-for-denying-interview-to-white-reporter\/\" title=\"Chicago Mayor Sued for Denying Interview to White Reporter\">multiple interview requests<\/a>, but he previously told 21Alive News that the drag show is held in an area where people will not accidentally see it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou have to go into our venue. It\u2019s not in an open area that you\u2019re going to accidentally see, or your family is going to see,\u201d he said. \u201cYou would have to bring your family into that area to see.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nichter stood by the board\u2019s decision to include the festival despite the backlash. \u201cWe want to be inclusive of all types of people,\u201d he told 21Alive News.<\/p>\n<p>Scaer said having a drag show advertised at a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/family-friendly-indiana-arts-festival-hosts-drag-show-even-after-sponsors-drop-out\/\" title=\"Indiana Arts Festival Holds Drag Show Despite Sponsorship Withdrawal\">family-friendly festival normalizes deviancy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not like watching \u2018Mrs. Doubtfire.\u2019 This is not just \u2018oh, men dressing up as women, and it\u2019s kind of funny,\u2019\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s hyper-sexualized, and our society is already pushing that everywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Scaer is a founding member of Shepherds United, an ecumenical group of pastors, priests, and ministers gathered for the sake of life, natural marriage, and religious liberty.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s so much we should be promoting that\u2019s natural and good, and that\u2019s beautiful,\u201d Scaer said. \u201cAnd this isn\u2019t it.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-ffb09d7da2e4b2d62bc84f90469686ed fdrlst__b89e9-after-post-content\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-ffb09d7da2e4b2d62bc84f90469686ed\"><\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An increasing majority of Americans believe that a person&#8217;s sex is determined at birth. However, despite the negative consequences it brings to their businesses and the intended beneficiaries, the left continues to advocate for transgenderism. In an effort to promote inclusivity, the Three Rivers Festival in Fort Wayne, Indiana, plans to hold its event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":836,"featured_media":1968606,"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":[546],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1968605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist"],"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\/1968605","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\/836"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1968605"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1968605\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1968606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1968605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1968605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1968605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}