Florida's GOP-led Senate passed a bill opponents dubbed “Don’t Say Gay” amid widespread opposition from LGBTQ rights supporters. It was, in many ways, the culmination of a session unlike any in recent memory.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — State Sen. Shev Jones stood before his colleagues in the Legislature this week amid the debate over the bill opponents dubbed “Don’t Say Gay” and opened up in a way rarely seen in the Florida state Capitol.
” bill, which explicitly bans teachers from leading lessons on sexual orientation and gender identity for students in kindergarten through third grade. But his words didn’t sway lawmakers, who on Tuesday approved the measure amid widespread opposition from LGBTQ supporters, including President Joe Biden.
that bars state entities from doing business with companies that transport undocumented migrant children to Florida, and created a newthat DeSantis touted amid an effort by some Republicans to do a full-blown audit of the 2020 election. At each step along the way, there has been raw, emotional debate that featured harrowing accounts from members of both parties.
The long line of legislation shows Republicans in the nation’s biggest battleground state are focused primarily on appealing to the GOP base in a crucial election when the Governor’s Mansion, three Cabinet seats and all 160 seats of the Florida Legislature are up for grabs.
“When you drop your kids off in the morning like I do, and they go into school, do my rights end as a parent?” GOP House Speaker Chris Sprowls told reporters this week. “Have I ceded all of my authority to the school district so they can teach our kids whatever they want whenever they want? And I think the conversation you’ve seen us have in the House this year is we don’t believe that.”
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