Florida's "don't say gay" bill is just the beginning: Republicans want to claw back all gay rights

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Amanda Marcotte
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As with reproductive rights, Republicans simply do not accept that gay rights are settled law. With a corrupt Supreme Court behind them, this "don't say gay" law is just the beginning of an all-out war on gay rights.

salon.com
Florida's "don't say gay" bill is just the beginning: Republicans want to claw back all gay rights
Having conquered the Supreme Court, the GOP take aim at same-sex marriage, anti-discrimination laws, and even Pride
10:26 AM · Mar 29, 2022

https://www.salon.com/2022/03/29/floridas-dont-say-gay-bill-is-just-the-beginning-want-to-claw-back-all-gay-rights/

Despite national outrage and threats from powerful companies like Disney, on Monday, Florida's Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the infamous "don't say gay" bill.

Proponents of the law continue to pretend that its limitations are narrow and only prohibit "teaching" young kids about sexuality. In reality, however, the bill is so broad and vague that it will likely be used to bully teachers and students from being out or acknowledging the existence of LGBTQ people. Contrary to claims that the law "only" impacts the lower elementary grades, as Mark Joseph Stern at Slate points out, it's worded in such a way as to allow parents to sue high school teachers for, say, allowing students to form a Gay-Straight Alliance. Indeed, the impetus of the law was a case where parents wanted to sue the school for accepting a teenager's gender identity.

Meanwhile, the mainstream press is still hamstrung by this fantasy that the courts will swoop in and stop this.

In an opinion piece for NBC News, NYU law professor Daniel Putnam responded to the law's passage with a piece confidently asserting that the law is unconstitutional because "courts have consistently recognized that LGBTQ students and teachers have a basic First Amendment right to express who they are."

It's a nice idea in theory. Unfortunately, the Supreme Court has been captured by far-right ideologues who have no respect for the Constitution, the rule of law, or precedent.

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[OnDoutside]

1. And you still have Log cabin republicans....

[Alpeduez21]

2. yeah, they do.

Just look at how they used the Oberfell same sex marriage case as a weapon during the Senate committee confirmation hearings.

Repukes are pissed, folks. GOTV

[SoonerPride]

3. GOTV no longer works

They have stacked the deck.

Theft.

GOTV won't save us.