The Republican prosecutor in Blount County, Tennessee has sent a letter threatening to prosecute the organizers and hosts of an upcoming LGBT Pride event set for this Saturday on the campus of Maryville College in Maryville, Tennessee, writing that he intends to enforce the state’s anti-drag law even though a federal judge ruled it unconstitutional back in June, Law Dork reports.
Ryan Desmond, the district attorney general for the 5th Judicial District of Tennessee, coterminous with Blount County, claims the federal court’s ruling was only binding in the state’s 30th District and “that violations of the AEA can and will be prosecuted by my office.”
Desmond also ominously warns that “it is possible that there will be both protestors and counter-protestors present at this event,” like he’s purposely publicizing it to make sure another certain “pride” organization and the Moms for Liberty or some other assholes show up.