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DeSantis and Florida GOP push hard-right
agenda, including expanding ‘Don’t
Say Gay'

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Posted By: Dreadnought, 3/6/2023 12:58:31 AM

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Banning preferred pronouns at schools. Mandating K-12 libraries immediately remove and review books that are flagged as inappropriate. Prohibiting majors in gender studies. Florida’s Republican leaders, who have restricted how race and gender are taught in schools and colleges, are poised to go even further in the next few months as they prepare to hand Gov. Ron DeSantis a new round of education victories he can tout while running for president. The sizable agenda ranges from targeting school unions to greatly expanding the use of state dollars to send children to private schools. GOP lawmakers, who have supermajorities in the House and Senate, are also gearing up

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Reply 1 - Posted by: Cortillaen 3/6/2023 2:04:59 AM (No. 1418262)
Ah, Politico. Your "several paragraphs of opinion and heavy editorializing followed by a slew of cherry-picked and contextless tidbits and quotes" format is getting rather long in the tooth, don't you think?
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Reply 2 - Posted by: paral04 3/6/2023 6:56:09 AM (No. 1418343)
Biology says that there are two genders, politicians say the number of genders seems to be undefined. Florida is going with Science. If after the 3rd grade, demented educators think children should discuss whether they want to go with the science or the politicians agenda, then they can discuss it but not entice kids to mess with their genders at an impressionable age. Anyway, tis is a distraction from the corruption of the country and the Orwellian surveillance of its citizens.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: Califedup 3/6/2023 7:25:21 AM (No. 1418361)
Too bad there isn't a bill that says "Don't say Politico". Politico is another one of these communist death democrat propaganda cesspools filled to the brim with totalitarian lies and inhabited by hate filled, morally deformed creatures like the writer of this pile of dung article, Andrew Atterbury.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: JackBurton 3/6/2023 7:32:28 AM (No. 1418363)
So, not wanting your kids groomed is... hard right? You're projecting something there. Hard.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: udanja99 3/6/2023 8:57:51 AM (No. 1418430)
When there’s a blatant lie in the headline, there’s no reason to read any further.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: Jebediah 3/6/2023 9:05:19 AM (No. 1418434)
How do you say Bull---- without getting thrown off Luicianne?
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Reply 7 - Posted by: Red Ghost 3/6/2023 9:21:07 AM (No. 1418454)
Dittos to poster 5. Any real journalist (of which there are practically none) and any real news outlet (of which there are practically none) that uses the lying headline the "Don't Say Gay" bill, should be dismissed. Talked about disinformation. The 7 page parental rights bill, written so beautifully and simply in plain English, never even uses the word gay. Nothing in the bill even implies, don't say gay. So Politico, you need to be considered a purveyor of misinformation and disinformation and should be cancelled immediately. Isn't that the standard now? Buh bye.
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Reply 8 - Posted by: bpl40 3/6/2023 9:23:10 AM (No. 1418458)
(True) science, logic, reasoning, 2+2 = 4 are all anathema to the LGBTQrstw... DEI. CRT agenda. My advice to the Florida GOP, go easy until we have made some progress in the other 49 - I mean 40. At least 10 states are beyond redemption.. Otherwise, you will stand out like a sore thumb and lose everything.
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Reply 9 - Posted by: Talk2 3/6/2023 10:41:21 AM (No. 1418529)
When one resorts to fake headlines to gain attention for a piece of garbage hit piece we can only conclude the author is a real backside wipe and the rag that published his screed is fit only for the bottom of a bird cage.
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Reply 10 - Posted by: Luandir 3/6/2023 11:04:48 AM (No. 1418549)
When Politico can cite ONE instance of a person being charged for saying "gay," they may begin to reverse the slide in their credibility.
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Reply 11 - Posted by: DVC 3/6/2023 5:58:05 PM (No. 1418874)
It's Politico.....therefore, not worth wasting time on.
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Reply 12 - Posted by: doctorfixit 3/6/2023 9:42:13 PM (No. 1418983)
If the left is screaming, then you're on the right track. Websites that don't allow feedback or that censor feedback don't have anything worthwhile to say.
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