PA Bill Would Make Drag In View Of Minors A Felony

Altoona’s CBS affiliate reports:

A Representative announced plans to introduce a bill that would charge someone with a third-degree felony if they take a minor to a drag show.

The bill, authored by Rep. Robert Leadbeter (R – Columbia), looks to change how Pennsylvania law defines the phrase “tends to corrupt.”

Leadbeter noted in his legislation that, “to avoid any ambiguity,” his bill would “explicitly provide” that taking a minor to a drag show would constitute the offense of corruption of minors.

Read the full article. Similar bills are in progress in several other states.

PA State Rep Robert Leadbeter (R-Columbia County) has made his intentions clear: he wants to criminalize drag performances and, by extension, LGBTQ+ public life in the Commonwealth. This bill would effectively criminalize Pride celebrations across Pennsylvania! (I get a little heated in this video.)

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Rep. Leadbeter said that his legislation aligns with existing public decency laws and upholds traditional family values and parental rights.

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