Daily Wire podcast host and recent Tennessee transplant Matt Walsh urged the state’s Republican attorney general to appeal the ruling, which he called 'ridiculous' and 'absurd.'
The bill, co-sponsored by more than half of the Republican-controlled state legislature, also restricts minors from attending any 'sexually oriented performance.'
The legislative package will ban trans surgeries and drugs for kids, prohibit drag shows where children are present, expand the ban on LGBT ideology in school curricula through eighth grade, prevent the use of state funds for surgical and chemical transgender interventions, and more.
Pro-LGBT broadcaster Amy Nickell defended the drag shows aimed at babies as 'basically more for the parents… any sexualization of that would go completely over the baby’s head, and they would see colors, makeup and fun, and hear the music.'
Drag shows were added to a classification of 'adult-oriented performance' which also includes bookstores, cabarets, live entertainment venues, theaters, escort agencies, and nude model studios designated for adults.
The bill to ban transgender surgeries for minors cleared the House in a sweeping 77-16 vote. The measure banning drag shows for minors passed by a similar 74-19 margin.
Insulting parodies are kind of his thing, and his respect for women has been largely limited to shouting his support for abortion and calling himself a feminist.