Parental Rights in Education, a bill that protects parental rights in education in Florida, is currently one of the stupidest current stories in this country. It recently passed the Florida legislature. Now it is heading to the Governor. Ron DeSantis’ desk, and he’s promised to sign it into law.
Why then is this bill so hated, even though it gives more power to parents and less accountability to educators? It dares not to allow teaching sexual or gender ideology to PreK-through-Third-Grade students (that’s ages 3-7). I know — the absolute horror of small children not being exposed to such things without parental involvement, right?
For their part, the mainstream media have falsely labeled the legislation the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, which is a completely false description of what it actually says and does. Nowhere in the entire bill is the word “gay” mentioned, and DeSantis has been quick to point that out when reporters have tried to confront him on the matter.
Since everything is absurd, Disney Corp. now has gotten involved and denounced the bill publically. That supposedly happened because employees were complaining; though, there’s precious little evidence of any real backlash. This is a completely fake drama that was pushed by the media, who seem desperate to get children to watch it. However, Disney CEO Bob Chapek was able to give it, even though he had requested a meeting with DeSantis. He received the call via phone on Thursday.
Here’s how that went.
JUST IN: Disney CEO Bob Chapek said that he spoke with Governor DeSantis today and expressed his disappointment in the bill’s “Don’t Say Gay” status. The Governor will be met with him and the Disney executives.
He states that Disney has signed a statement against such legislation in the United States.
— Frank Pallotta (@frankpallotta) March 9, 2022
Statement by @GovRonDeSantis Office about today’s call from Disney regarding Florida’s parental rights in education bill: pic.twitter.com/gN0ZdZpeKj
— Christina Pushaw 🇺🇸 (@ChristinaPushaw) March 9, 2022
Two reasons I find this extremely irritating are:
One, if this leftwing corporate stooge can’t be bothered to actually read the bill, what business does he have even commenting on it, much less denouncing it? The allegations he’s pushing about what it does are completely false, and it appears DeSantis was more than willing to let him know that. This is a repeat of the Georgia voter law, where Coca-Cola, Delta Airlines, and others rushed to oppose a version of it that didn’t actually exist.
Zweitens, I don’t understand why a private firm would want to decide anything in this area. Although I can see that Republicans are often the party for big business, it doesn’t mean that they should be. I’m more populist because of that. This crazed corporate nonsense is a travesty to the common American.
Here’s the reality of the Parental Rights in Education bill. It’s an Anti-grooming Law and a very much-needed one, given some of the insanity we’ve seen recently. There is no justification for a teacher to ever speak to a small child about “gender ideology” and sexuality, and any adult wanting to do that should be investigated for pedophilia. These parents will not allow this kind of insanity be accepted and encouraged on their children. Some Republicans might be afraid of being attacked by the LGBT+ lobby. DeSantis isn’t going to, and that’s the kind of leadership the GOP desperately needs more of.
In a nutshell, Disney can jump on a lake. They have spoken.
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