Anti-"Queer" Speech Is Constitutionally Protected—but Not Parked in Multiple Spaces
Reason Magazine • 2/25/2026
Summary
A ruling by Judge Waverly Crenshaw (M.D. Tenn.) in the case Wattenbarger v. City of Crossville (M.D. Tenn.) states that anti-"queer" speech is constitutionally protected. The judge noted, "Queers stay away from our…"
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