Parents ask federal judge to block Florida schools from carrying out 'Don't Say Gay' law
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A group of parents, students and advocacy organizations are asking a federal judge to halt Florida school districts from enforcing the state’s contentious new law restricting how lessons on sexual identity and gender orientation are taught.
In a court filing Friday, the group requested a preliminary injunction, arguing that policies in Florida’s “Parental Rights in Education” law — branded by opponents as “Don’t Say Gay” — violate their First Amendment, due-process and equal-protection rights.
The group on Friday asked for a hearing in its pursuit of a preliminary injunction. Nothing has been scheduled as of Monday morning.
The law “was enacted with the purpose and effect of discriminating against LGBTQ+ students and students with LGBTQ+ family members, subjecting them to differential and adverse treatment, including through an invitation to arbitrary enforcement and a private right of action for hostile parents,” attorneys for the group wrote in the motion seeking an injunction.
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