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Residents urge council to classify drag performances as adult entertainment and criticize public-comment address rule
Summary
Multiple speakers during public comment urged the Monroe City Council to classify drag performances as adult entertainment to bar children from attendance, while others criticized a new requirement that speakers state full addresses aloud as a chilling tactic to suppress speech; speakers cited constitutional protections and state law.
A large portion of the Aug. 26 Monroe City Council meeting’s public comment period focused on residents’ concerns about drag performances and recent changes to public-comment procedures.
Several speakers urged the council to consider classifying drag performances as adult entertainment so children and teenagers would be prohibited from attending venues or events where those performances occur. Wayne Blanton (2306 Raccoon Run) told council he believed children exposed to provocative drag performances would…
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