{"id":91476,"date":"2023-05-29T04:02:51","date_gmt":"2023-05-29T11:02:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/?p=91476"},"modified":"2023-05-29T04:02:51","modified_gmt":"2023-05-29T11:02:51","slug":"ground-zero-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/blog\/2023\/05\/29\/ground-zero-florida\/","title":{"rendered":"Ground Zero: Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"

When it comes to political predictions, I am always wrong!  The exception is the ticket of Joe Biden <\/strong>and Kamala Harris<\/strong>, who I called Camilla on national TV.  Potato\/Potahto.  Way back when, I was sure that America would vote for Michael Dukakis<\/strong>, despite wife Kitty\u2019s penchant for shots of Bathroom Duck<\/em>!  Then in 2008, LA Pride <\/em>asked me to go onstage and remind people to vote against Prop 8<\/em>.  I did so, but added, “Eh, nobody\u2019s taking away our legal right to marry.  So vote, don\u2019t vote \u2013 whatever.”<\/p>\n

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My instinct tells me to not worry about Ron DeSantis <\/strong>\u2013 so worry!  Because when you fuck with Gay Pride<\/em><\/strong>, that\u2019s going too far.  DeSantis is not banning Pride; but he\u2019s banning drag queens from participating.  How the hell do you commemorate the Stonewall <\/em>riots without drag queens?  This all stems from his edict that drag performers fall under “adult entertainment”, and anyone in drag in front of a minor could be fined…or worse.  That means we should ban most Shakespeare <\/strong>plays, plus musicals like Hairspray<\/em><\/strong>, Mrs. Doubtfire<\/em><\/strong>, La Cage<\/em><\/strong>, and Chicago<\/em><\/strong>. <\/p>\n

But DeSantis is standing firm.  “We are going to remain a refuge of sanity and a citadel of normalcy.”  In Florida?  The land known for gators, giant bugs, and Goofy?  Alas, most local municipalities fear taking on DeSantis.  Wilton Manors \u2013 arguably the largest gay city in the country \u2013 has reluctantly agreed to enforce a \u201cno drag\u201d policy at their Stonewall Pride Parade <\/em><\/strong>for fear that not complying will result in council members and even the mayor being replaced by DeSantis\u2019 cronies.  Isn’t this how Hitler <\/strong>started?  Or was it Mussolini<\/strong>?  I always get my dictators mixed up.<\/p>\n

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Then there\u2019s Hamburger Mary’s <\/em>in Orlando.  They\u2019ve filed a suit against the governor and the State of Florida for infringing on their First Amendment rights – and since Citizens United<\/em>, businesses have First Amendment rights, just like people.  Hamburger Mary’s is known for drag servers and performers – especially during Sunday brunch.  The suit claims that the eatery is losing customers due to the law.  There are even calls for other venues to join forces in a class action suit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When it comes to political predictions, I am always wrong!  The exception is the ticket of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, who I called Camilla on national TV.  Potato\/Potahto.  Way back when, I was sure that America would vote for Michael Dukakis, despite wife Kitty\u2019s penchant for shots of Bathroom Duck!  Then in 2008, LA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-91476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-breaking"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91476","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91476"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91476\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":91485,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91476\/revisions\/91485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}