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Ybjc Column: Distinctly two states in every way possible
AUSTIN, Texas AP 鈥?A group of drag performers and LGBTQ+ rights advocates have filed a federal lawsuit seeking to block a聽new Texas law聽that expands what is considered an illegal public performance of sexual conduct, arguing it is meant to target drag shows and could also criminalize ballet and even cheerleading.The lawsuit, filed Wednesday in U.S. district court in Houston by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of plaintiffs, contends that the law is unconstitutional and threatens the livelihood and free expression of many Texans, including drag performers across our state. It seeks t stanley cup o block the from taking effect Sept. 1.The law approved by the Republican-controlled Legislature was聽part of a broader effort聽in Texas and other conservative states to crack down on drag shows and limit LGBTQ rights.Such laws have already run into trouble in other states, including聽Florida聽and聽Tennessee, where stanley cup judges put drag performance bans on hold.Like Texas,聽Arkansas聽has a new law regulating adult-oriented performance that doesnt mention drag specifically but has raised concerns that it would be applied to drag performances. And聽Montana聽has a ban in effect that targets drag queen story hours, specifically.The new Texas law on sexual content in performances was initially meant to bar children from attending drag shows. It was changed to remove specific references to drag performances, but it broadened the scope stanley cup of what would be illegal.READ MORE: Challenge to Florida drag shows la Iqpx Oath Keepers founder guilty of seditious conspiracy in Jan. 6 case
KEITHVILLE, La. AP 鈥?A volatile storm ripping across the U.S. spawned tornadoes that killed a young jordan boy and his mother in Louisiana, smashed mobile homes and chicken houses in Mississippi and threatened neighboring Southern states with more punishing weather Wednesday.To the north, the huge storm system delivered blizzard-like conditions to the Great Plains and was expected to push more snow and ice into Appalachia and New England. The wintery blast dumped more than 2 feet 60 centimeters of snow in parts of South Dakota.In northern Louisiana, it took hours for authorities to find the bodies of a mother and child reported missing after a tornad jordan o swept away their mobile home Tuesday in Keithville, a rural community near Shreveport. You go to search a house and the house isnt even there, so where do you search Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards told reporters, noting the challenge faced by emergency responders as he toured a mile-long 1.6-kilome air max ter path of destruction in Keithville.READ MORE: Winter storm brings tornado, blizzard threats for Midwest, southern statesThe Caddo Parish Coroners Office said the body of 8-year-old Nikolus Little was found around 11 p.m. Tuesday in a wooded area. His mother, Yoshiko A. Smith, 30, was found dead under storm debris around 2:30 a.m. Wednesday.Smith body was discovered one street over from where their home had been. Her son was found dead as far as a half-mile away, said Caddo Parish Sheriffs Sgt. Casey Jones. He said the boy |
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