PHOENIX — A proposal backed by Arizona House Republicans making it a felony for parents to let their minor children view a drag show has been stripped of its drag show references and rewritten to penalize adults who allow a minor to see any “adult oriented performance” of a sexual nature.
The changes to the proposal by Rep. Michael Way, R-Queen Creek, came Monday, just days after a House attorney told a committee charged with ensuring proposals meet constitutional muster that Way’s proposal could violate both the First and 14th Amendments as well as parental rights.
So now, the drag show bill simply builds on current obscenity law that makes it a felony to furnish or show to a minor anything harmful. It’s basically a rewritten version of what is already a Class 4 felony punishable by a presumptive 2.5 years in prison.
