‘Everybody Is Watching’: Democrats Blast GOP Lawmakers As Florida ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Bill Again Moves Forward
thenewcivilrightsmovement.com“Don’t Say Gay” bill from becoming the law of the land: failure to pass in the Senate this week (extremely unlikely), failure to be signed into law by Republican Gov.
Ron DeSantis who supports the bill (so again, extremely unlikely), or a block from a Florida court (again, extremely unlikely).On Monday Florida Democrats waged their best efforts to at least slow down the legislation, Florida Politics reports, which passed with a strong GOP majority in the House last week.
The Senate bill passed the Appropriations Committee Monday.The legislation will ban “classroom instruction” of issues related to sexual orientation and gender identity in grades K-3 and in all grade levels throughout the state when schools deem it not “age-appropriate,” a term that currently has no legal definition.
Schools can be sued if a parent disagrees with what is age-appropriate, so that quells free speech out of the box.The legislation also mandates schools “out” LGBTQ children to their parents, unless the school feels doing so could put the student at risk.
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