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Florida's attorney general targets a restaurant over an LGBTQ Pride event
VERO BEACH, FLORIDA, JUL 22 – Florida's Attorney General enforces a contested law restricting minors from adult performances after a Pride event with sexualized acts at a Vero Beach restaurant, amid ongoing legal challenges.
- Earlier this month, Florida's statewide prosecutor subpoenaed the Kilted Mermaid in Vero Beach after its Pride event last month, seeking guest lists, reservation logs, surveillance video and performer contracts.
- Florida's Protection of Children Act, known as the “drag show ban,” was challenged in 2023 by Hamburger Mary's restaurant in Orlando after family-friendly drag shows, with the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals panel upholding a preliminary injunction.
- Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier claimed in a statement Tuesday that `adult, sexualized performers in front of children`.
- The restaurant's owner, Linda Moore, claimed the law violated First Amendment rights by chilling speech, after Florida's attorney general targeted the venue over a Pride event.
- Next, the case heads back to the Middle District of Florida, with venues facing fines and possible suspension or revocation of liquor licenses.
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Florida's attorney general targets a restaurant over an LGBTQ Pride event
Florida’s statewide prosecutor has subpoenaed records of a popular restaurant after it hosted an LGBTQ Pride event last month that the prosecutor's office says was open to all ages.
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