An increasing majority of Americans say a person’s sex is determined from birth, but this hasn’t stopped the left from promoting transgenderism — even when it tanks their business and harms the very people it’s supposed to help. In an attempt to be “inclusive,” the Three Rivers Festival in Fort Wayne, Indiana, will host its third annual drag performance tonight.
This year’s show was initially advertised without an age restriction, but later it was changed to 18+ with an admission fee of $5. Previous shows were open to all ages.
The Three Rivers Festival began in 1969 to promote business and celebrate the city’s heritage. The festival gets its name from the three rivers that meet in Fort Wayne. It has since grown to be the second-largest summer festival in Indiana, with almost half a million visitors each year. A drag show was added to the festival in 2021.
According to polling from the American Principles Project last year, a majority of Indiana voters oppose the gender ideology takeover of schools and society. Almost 65 percent of likely Indiana voters support legislation banning males from competing in girls sports in K-12 schools.
Peter Scaer, a Lutheran pastor from Fort Wayne, said the festival should celebrate good things instead of promoting ugliness and mockery.
“They’re pushing an agenda which is breaking down all of the barriers, or all the goodness of what it means to be a man and a woman, and it’s very confusing for our children.” Scaer said,
