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Florida billboards urge people to 'say gay' after state's controversial new bill
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/florida-billboards-urge-people-to-say-gay-after-state-s-controversial-new-bill/ar-AAVDVar?li=BB141NW3A political action committee led a billboard campaign urging people to "say gay" after Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) signed legislation on Monday that blocks classroom instruction related to gender identity and sexual orientation by primary teachers, NBC News reported.
In Tallahassee, Jacksonville and Orlando, billboards have been propped up encouraging people to "say gay" after legislation called the Parental Rights in Education, and called by opponents the "Don't Say Gay" bill, was signed on Monday, the network reported.
The billboard campaign, led by the Southern Progress PAC, targets the legislation, which stops certain kinds of classroom instruction from being conducted by primary teachers and bars instruction on subjects not "age appropriate or developmentally appropriate" from teachers of all grades.
The legislation is set to take effect on July 1; shortly after the signing, Disney vowed to support efforts to repeal the law.
"Our goal as a company is for this law to be repealed by the legislature or struck down in the courts, and we remain committed to supporting the national and state organizations working to achieve that," a Walt Disney Company spokesperson said in a statement.
In Tallahassee, Jacksonville and Orlando, billboards have been propped up encouraging people to "say gay" after legislation called the Parental Rights in Education, and called by opponents the "Don't Say Gay" bill, was signed on Monday, the network reported.
The billboard campaign, led by the Southern Progress PAC, targets the legislation, which stops certain kinds of classroom instruction from being conducted by primary teachers and bars instruction on subjects not "age appropriate or developmentally appropriate" from teachers of all grades.
The legislation is set to take effect on July 1; shortly after the signing, Disney vowed to support efforts to repeal the law.
"Our goal as a company is for this law to be repealed by the legislature or struck down in the courts, and we remain committed to supporting the national and state organizations working to achieve that," a Walt Disney Company spokesperson said in a statement.
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The word "gay" is probably one that a 2nd or 3rd grader might be able to read on their own. Put up the billboards!!!!!!
