The Milwaukee Gay Arts Center (MGAC) is taking the city to court, upset because their production of "Naked Boys Singing!" was shut down by the cops because the MGAC didn't have the proper permit.
The ACLU is joining the lawsuit. What a dilemma it would have been had it been "Naked Boyscouts Singing!" But anyways, the suit alleges the cops are discriminating aginst the center because.... it's gay?
But wait. The MGAC claims they haven't needed a permit before. Was it because they were straight then?
The Associated Press reports, "Police spokeswoman Anne Schwartz said the citation was given for operating without a theater license and it had nothing to do with the show's content."
Has the Milwaukee Gay Arts Center paid any attention to what's been happening at the taverns lately? The record fines being handed out for overcrowding? Granted, there was not much chance of that happening at a production of "Naked Boys Singing!" So the police handed out a different ticket and shut the place down. What a shock.
If the MGAC lawsuit has any success, look for every tavern to suddenly claim they cater to gay clientele, or at least have gay bartenders.
In the meantime, while Milwaukee's police force is zealously enforcing licenses for theaters, more people are getting killed in the inner city. At least we have a sense of police priorities.
