Naples City Council members spent two hours discussing a federal judge's injunction allowing Pride Fest to have its drag show outside.
The executive session ended with the council unanimously voting to appeal the judge's injunction.
"Honestly, it was a unanimous decision. I'm feeling really good about it," Johnny Fratto of Naples said. "So, you know, they voted to appeal, and I think that was the right decision. It's obviously the right decision. It's what everybody wants."
It started when Naples Pride sued the city and police, saying an indoor permit at Cambier Park violated free speech rights.
After Monday's court ruling , Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier said on social media that he plans to appeal too.
Naples Pride attorneys said he doesn't have the power to do that, only the council does, and today they chose to appeal.
People from both sides of the fight are either showing major praise or major disappointment toward the city's decision.
"They're specifically taking a part of our culture and a part of our community, and they're twisting it into something that is just disgusting to fit their narrative and to gain more hate and more fear onto their movement. And that's not correct," Lauren Candito of Naples said.
Naples Pride told Gulf Coast News reporter Alexa Velez this week that if the city chose to appeal, which they did, they don't see how the courts could come to a decision in time for Pride Fest, which is three weeks away.
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