Texas State Lawmaker to Introduce Bill Banning Kids from Drag Shows

[In It to Win It]

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The Advocate via Yahoo News

Texas state Rep. Brian Slaton, a Republican who represents a district outside of Dallas, announced Monday that he will introduce a bill in the Texas House of Representatives in the coming days that would ban children from drag shows.

Slaton says his move is a reaction to a local drag show in Dallas that allowed children to attend.

The legislation would protect "kids from drag shows and other inappropriate displays," according to a news release by Slaton.

“The events of this past weekend were horrifying and show a disturbing trend in which perverted adults are obsessed with sexualizing young children,” Slaton said in the release. “As a father of two young children, I would never take my children to a drag show and I know Speaker Dade Phelan and the rest of my Republican colleagues wouldn’t either. Protecting our own children isn’t enough, and our responsibility as lawmakers extends to the sexualization that is happening across Texas.”

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[DBoon]

1. I bet he's OK with kids going to a gun show

[Prof. Toru Tanaka]

3. Oh, hell yeah!

Because kids need to learn to love guns!

[DBoon]

10. no man ever committed mass murder with spike heels and mascara

[Prof. Toru Tanaka]

15. True but those people are a danger to the community

according to the numbnuts like this Texas politician.

Meanwhile, Killer Kyle Rittenhouse is feted as a "hero".

[viva la]

2. But there's still "Freedom!"

They can go to gun shows! They can be given guns for Christmas and be photographed with them for the family Christmas card!

[Ocelot II]

4. Do kids usually go to drag shows?

[In It to Win It]

6. I would imagine that most kids don't

[Ocelot II]

8. Another GOP "solution" to a nonexistent problem.

They're good at that - but not so good at solving real problems.

[In It to Win It]

11. Yes they are. Passing useless law in search of a problem

[Prof. Toru Tanaka]

17. And to put the real problems in the background

where they hope they are soon forgotten.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

12. Some libraries here and there have hosted drag events to talk about inclusion or being

different. Some bars/restaurants will also host family-friendly drag brunches.

[CrackityJones75]

13. I think the goal is to try to hide trans people from public.

LGBTQ+ parade? Nope not with trans folks in it.

[DBoon]

14. What about shows on TV?

https://www.youtube.com/c/rupaulsdragrace/videos

I've been to the Halloween festivities in West Hollywood and there are families with kids there and plenty of drag costumes. Of course, this is not Texas

[gratuitous]

5. Would that include Catholic masses?

I mean, there a guy up front flouncing around in robes, and who knows what he's wearing (or not wearing) underneath.

Good to see Texas politicians concentrating on the important stuff while their schoolchildren are being blown to pieces on the regular.

[Ocelot II]

20. No kids at Halloween parties attended by guys who go as something that's not clearly male?

What about women who dress as male characters? Is that something kids shouldn't see, either?

[johnp3907]

7. Cancel Culture much?

Typical hypocritical republican.

[Thomas Hurt]

9. I am beginning to think that the christofascists must be trolling the LGBT websites and

hitting the clubs, shows and boutiques to find something to be offended about.

[DBoon]

16. Does this mean Rudy Giuliani cannot appear in public in Texas

if so, a small benefit to this law

[Deuxcents]

18. He would never take his kids so nobody can

That’s how they are..they don’t like it so you can’t either

[Turbineguy]

19. Good thinking!

give them guns instead.

You just never know when you're gonna meet somebody who needs to get shot.

[Liberal In Texas]

21. But it'll still be legal in Texas to take your kid to a bar and buy him/her a drink.

True fact.

[LudwigPastorius]

22. Don't forget to ban these characters too, you religious nutbag GOPster:

Daffy Duck



Shaggy and Scooby



The Coyote



Fred and Barney

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...and the OG, Bugs Fucking Bunny

[Duncan Grant]

23. The jester always gets to insult the King. No penalties.

I highly recommend drag for all men. The experience is an epiphany.

[IngridsLittleAngel]

24. Fuck Texas bigoted incel Bryan Slaton

The only "children" you are trying to protect are fragile little snowflake punks like you and Abbutt and Paxton. You don't care about real kids, you incel. If you did, you'd be using your political capital to do something about guns or mass shootings... To prevent another Uvalde... To investigate the tough, rugged piggies who protected a parking lot instead of the kids that were massacred.

You want to protect kids? How about protecting them from the following:

Guns
Gun shows
Fux Noise
The Daily Stormer
OANN
Newsless
Drumpf rallies
QAnnoy
COVID
Poverty
Hunger
Guns (AGAIN)
Texas' power grid going out during the summer
And lastly... BRYAN SLATON

Along with being a fascist thug, you look like a real creep. I think I saw YOUR picture next to "groomer" in the dictionary. If I had a kid, I wouldn't let them within 50 miles of you.

What's the matter, Incel Slaton? Went to a drag show and got turned on? Thought "drag show" meant babes who race cars? Tried to pull a Drumpf and got a surprise? Offended that she was bigger (but then, you have a micro-penis, so... That's not saying much.)

You don't give a fuck about kids, except you and your ilk. You never grew the fuck up. Or grew a brain.

WE ARE NOT THE THREAT TO CHILDREN. YOU ARE! EVERY DAY WITH THIS SHIT! YOU NAZI THUGS ATTACK INNOCENT PEOPLE LIKE US WHILE DOING NOTHING TO ACTUALLY HELP CHILDREN! WHERE THE FUCK ARE YOU OVER UVALDE?!

I'm past tired of "people" like him. I'm done being nice, too.