Federal judge stands by block on Naples, Florida restrictions on 'PrideFest' drag show

Amid ineligible wranglings implicit a pro-LGBT enactment that wants to big an outdoor resistance amusement unfastened to each ages successful Naples, Florida, adjacent week, a Clinton-nominated national justice denied an exigency question to enactment a preliminary injunction pending appeal.

Earlier this month, Judge John Steele of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida issued a preliminary injunction to artifact the metropolis from prohibiting the resistance show from being held outdoors astatine Cambier Park and to prohibit the imposition of an property request for attendance.

Then this week, Steele slapped down a bid to enactment his preliminary injunction.

The Naples PrideFest, which is escaped for children nether 12, is scheduled to instrumentality spot connected June 7 and see a resistance performance, Naples Pride notes connected its website.

According to a legal challenge lodged past period by Naples Pride, the metropolis assembly voted 5-2 to contented a licence for the event, "but lone connected the conditions that (1) the resistance show instrumentality spot indoors astatine the Norris Center; and (2) nary 1 nether 18 beryllium admitted to the resistance performance, adjacent if accompanied by an big genitor oregon guardian."

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Rainbow emblem astatine the Pride London cheery and lesbian parade done cardinal London. Pride London (founded successful 2004) aims to beforehand equality and diverseness done each of its campaigns. (In Pictures Ltd./Corbis via Getty Images)

The enactment objected to those limitations and to the size of the information interest it said the Naples Police Department indicated the enactment would request to wage to clasp the resistance performance.

"During the 2025 licence exertion process, the Naples Police Department initially told Naples Pride that it would person to wage $30,697.50 successful information fees alone—on apical of different licence fees—to clasp the show indoors, and $44,160.00 successful information fees to clasp it outdoors," the ailment noted.

In a connection provided to Fox News Digital, the metropolis of Naples noted, "On May 27th, U.S. District Court Judge Steele denied the City’s exigency question to enactment the preliminary injunction pending appeal."

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"While this result was anticipated, the City’s ineligible squad is reviewing the bid and determining adjacent steps with the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals.  The City remains assured it has some the ineligible work and the authorization to connect tenable restrictions connected peculiar lawsuit permits to guarantee nationalist safety.  Beyond this, and arsenic a substance of policy, the City does not remark successful item connected ineligible strategy for progressive litigation."

U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fl., issued a station connected X successful which helium declared, "You person to beryllium an big to participate a portion club, but Clinton-appointed Judge John Steele wants sexually-explicit resistance shows to instrumentality spot adjacent to a fashionable children’s playground successful Naples. This ruling is atrocious & the City of Naples should entreaty this lawsuit to the Supreme Court."

But Naples Pride hailed the judge's decision.

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"Drag performances are a protected signifier of look — period," Naples Pride spokesperson Callhan Soldavini noted successful a connection the enactment provided to Fox News Digital. "The territory court's determination is thoughtful, well-reasoned, and firmly rooted successful longstanding law principles. Naples Pride volition proceed to basal for escaped code and the regularisation of law, which safeguards the rights of each people."