Renaissance Faire Found Guilty of Discriminating Against Other Historical Periods

Jousting, just one of the events that may have to go in order to make room for a more historically diverse faire.

BERKELEY, CA - A group of students from the University of California at Berkeley today won their court battle against the Medieval Renaissance Faire. The students filed suit against the faire after their application for a booth was denied. Daisy Kelpbed, spokesperson for the students, told BNN, "All we wanted to do was open a booth that chronicled the history of famous lesbians in the ancient Egyptian Empire. Our application was turned down because our booth didn't fit within the medieval Renaissance time period. By denying our application the faire was guilty of practicing 'Historical Discrimination'." Attorneys for the faire argued, unsuccessfully, that the faire had the right to discriminate against other time periods. Said one attorney, "My client's faire celebrates the Medieval and Renaissance period. If they are forced to sell booths to people who want to focus on other historical time periods then the entire event will be destroyed." The judge sided with the students and rebuked the Medieval Renaissance Faire for their discriminatory practices. Said the judge, "Because the Medieval and Renaissance time period occurred in Europe, which is populated by white people, it is against the law for the faire to discriminate against historical periods." The judge then ordered the faire to sell a booth to the students and practice historical diversity or face a court ordered closure of the event.