A judge refused to dismiss a discrimination case against a Neo-Nazi group that protested outside of a drag queen story hour in downtown Concord last year. The protest outside the Teatotaller cafe and bakery in June, 2023, included men wearing masks and holding a banner that read “Defend white communities.” They said the story hour would “groom” young children and shouted slurs at people walking in and out of the cafe. Teatotaller displays a review on its website that proclaims the cafe is a “queer, hipster oasis of tea, coffee, and pastry goodness.” Attorney General John Formella’s Civil Rights Unit is prosecuting the Nationalist Social Club-131, its founder and 19 other men under the New Hampshire Law Against Discrimination and alleges that the group tried to coerce Teatotaller to cancel the event because of the sex, sexual identity or gender identity of the drag queen who performed there. After Merrimack County Superior Court Judge John Kissinger’s denial of the group’s motion to dismiss, Formella’s office said it’ll keep pursuing the case.
via concordmonitor: Judge refuses to dismiss discrimination suit against Neo-Nazi group for protest outside Concord cafe