DeSantis signs bills targeting drag shows, pronouns, bathroom use and transgender children
Source: Associated Press
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed bills Wednesday that ban gender-affirming care for minors, target drag shows, restrict discussion of preferred pronouns in schools and force people to use certain bathrooms.
DeSantis has made anti-LGBTQ+ legislation a large part of his agenda as he prepares to seek the Republican presidential nomination. He signed the bills in front of a cheering crowd at the evangelical Cambridge Christian School in Tampa. The ceremony had a campaign-like feel, with DeSantis tossing Sharpies to a crowd, as opposed to when he privately signed measures on abortion and gun rights.
Democrats opposed the bills and LBTQ+ rallies were held at the Capitol during the session that ended two weeks ago, but Republicans have a super-majority in both chambers and easily approved the bills for DeSantis signature.
Its kind of sad that we even have some of these discussions, DeSantis told the crowd, standing behind a lectern with a sign reading Let Kids Be Kids.
Read more: https://apnews.com/article/desantis-florida-lgbtq-education-health-c68a7e5fe5cf22ab8cca324b00644119
Another DeSantis performance for the lugnuts.
OMGWTF
(5,131 posts)DO BETTER FLORIDA!
BlueWaveNeverEnd
(14,235 posts)he sounds so authoritarian...like he is the only one who decides.
Pacifist Patriot
(25,212 posts)mpcamb
(3,228 posts)(I could say more but would rather wait for comments.)
LoisB
(13,027 posts)his theme is still "the 2020 election was rigged/stolen". At some point, everyone gets tired of hearing the same old song over and over and over.
BlueWaveNeverEnd
(14,235 posts)If hes so confident in his policies, dont go hiding behind signing the bills at a Christian school or place where youre more prone to get praise for your bigotry, Jones said. Do it out in the community.
Pacifist Patriot
(25,212 posts)Its kind of sad that we even have some of these discussions,
LoisB
(13,027 posts)kimmylavin
(2,298 posts)How can they possibly do shit like this, and claim they're all about freedom?
This is just so, so cruel.
ificandream
(11,837 posts)I hope it's in my lifetime. (I'm a senior.)
EndlessWire
(8,103 posts)DeSantis is covering over his significant tendencies, as evidenced by his choice of white go-go boots in inclement weather. The stress of the moment overcame his vigilance against any outward manifestations, such as his choice of leopard print jackets and snake skin gloves. Or, so it seems.
muriel_volestrangler
(106,206 posts)
Now it's state policy.
bronxiteforever
(11,212 posts)
forgotmylogin
(7,952 posts)"...but only be Kids in the proper way Republicans think Kids should be"
Can't be trans nor fluid, can't wear what you want, can't be explained the full birds and bees outside male/female missionary for procreation purposes only...
GenThePerservering
(3,367 posts)for me AND the GOP.
SouthernDem4ever
(6,619 posts)Initech
(108,772 posts)ExWhoDoesntCare
(4,741 posts)But he's not alone there. That supermajority traitor legislature is the bigger problem, by far. That means that most of Florida voted for these very things to happen. One fascist wanker is a fluke. One fascist wanker plus a fascist wanker supermajority is a menace to society.
Initech
(108,772 posts)I've discovered that I think part of the problem with the current GOP is that they face no real opposition and they don't even really face the general public either. They only go to carefully screened events, and they only appear on talk shows where they have their ass kissed. I'm convinced that if you were to pull the talk show bubble out from under them, no one would ever listen to them, because all of their ideas are terrible.