Fla. GOP bill allows parents to sue if their child requests a vegetarian meal and they're not told

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Daniel Uhlfelder @DWUhlfelderLaw
The Florida Republican Senate controlled by Ron DeSantis is pushing through a bill that just passed a committee vote that would allow parents to sue a school if their child requests a vegetarian meal for lunch and they are not consulted & attorney's fees if they win.

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DeSantis pushes ‘anti-woke’ legislation that would let parents sue Florida schools over student ‘discomfort’ https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/02/07/desantis-anti-woke-act/

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[sakabatou]

1. Insanity!

[essaynnc]

2. surely this is the Onion.....

They will soon be legislating everything they don't care for. Pretty soon it will be illegal to play a cartoon on the TV and makes a child feel uncomfortable. Sue! The commercial made me feel uncomfortable! Sue! That dress made me look bad Sue! That food we were served tasted terrible Sue!Buying all those expensive clothes did make me feel any better Sue! Where's it going to end?

[rsdsharp]

3. More than fifty years ago I went to Boy's State in, well, my state.

Unlike Bill Clinton, who went on to Boy’s Nation, I didn’t have a clue what it was. Therefore, while those interested in politics went on to win the “governorship” and seats in the “legislature,” I was part of the “town council” in my barracks, uh, I mean dormitory.

Our “town council” passed page after page of the most ridiculous, unconstitutional BS you can imagine. And we were more responsible than today’s Republican party.

[dameatball]

9. Wow, I had not thought of "Boys State" in ages. I never went but I seem to recall we had someone

from our school that went. Good analogy.

[I_UndergroundPanther]

5. WTF

What if the kid was raised vegan?
And likes vegan food?

What if a kid just wants vegetables that day and wasent a fan of the saulsbury steak?

[Deuxcents]

8. Never eat Salisbury steak.. anywhere

I’m not vegan although I am more than not. Until n unless school
Lunches accommodate vegans, religious menus er all.. parents may have to pick up the pace. Maybe brown bag like the old days when I went to lunch. Unless n until parents n taxpayers want to foot the bill for these choices.. gotta get inventive. Quit squawking n do something

[I_UndergroundPanther]

19. Ate salsbury steak once

Never again,myself.

[Dorian Gray]

12. In the former case

I would assume that the parents would not sue.

The law is stupid, and it won't pass. (Will it???? Geez. We are living in stupid times. It might.) But, the parents would have to sue the school for something like that.

[bottomofthehill]

6. When they file suit against the school, who do they think will pay the claim.

Florida will be broke in a week.

[lindysalsagal]

10. Lots of parents see taxpayer-funded public schools as their potential atm.

They threaten to sue all the time and it usually works. Schools don't like the bad press.

[Hortensis]

17. More and more also see public schools as an evil to be destroyed.

Not all by themselves, of course. Taxpayer-funded mandatory universal schooling is being targeted.

[lagomorph777]

20. That's probably the goal.

[RockRaven]

7. The party of small government and deregulation and tort reform strikes again... Uh, what?

[Demovictory9]

11. doesnt that just hurt the Florida govt?

[lagomorph777]

21. Bingo.

Sabotage from within. It's the Reptilian way.

[LiberatedUSA]

13. They only want the kids to have two choices at lunch...

…you can either have a 32oz steak with a side of cholesterol and some fried cheese cubes or you can order the salt lick.

[obamanut2012]

14. Berman is a terrific state senator

I wish she could have some teeth, but the GOP leg really isolates and hamstrings Dems. But, she is a great advocate for her district.

[Chainfire]

15. The Florida GOP hates education

And they will do anything to detract from the goals of educating children. The reason is simple; the dumber you are the more likely you are to support the GOP.

[tanyev]

16. How about parents of kids who request a vegetarian meal and are not given one?

Do they get to sue, too?

[lagomorph777]

22. I should think so. Or if they are vegetarian but their kid orders a burger...

...the school has to get their permission for the burger, I suppose.

[greenjar_01]

18. They done lost their minds