That Gay Thread

[HappySkeptic]

Just more proof the DeSantis wants to be President.

[Fake Messiah]

Franklin Graham ranted against Disney and gays yesterday, saying Disney is running "counter to God's original design" for family and "flaunt sin."

[HappySkeptic]

Cruel Florida governor Ron DeSantis signs ‘Stop WOKE Act’ all but ‘censoring’ LGBT+ issues

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On top of the reviled ‘Don’t Say Gay‘ bill that blocks educators from discussing LGBT+ identities in K-12 schools, DeSantis signed the “Stop WOKE Act” on Friday (22 April) in Hialeah Gardens.

The bill, short for “Stop the Wrongs to Our Kids and Employees”, heavily restricts how workplaces, schools and colleges can teach about racism, homophobia and other systemic biases.

It bans anyone from discussing how people can be “inherently racist, sexist or oppressive” or that people can be responsible or should feel guilty for historic injustices against people on the same grounds.

Workers will now wield the power to file civil discrimination claims against an employer for discussing or running training sessions on Black history, LGBT+ issues and other injustices.

The Stop WOKE Act was passed by the Florida House in February by a vote of 74-41, with the Florida Senate doing the same the following month by 24-15.

“No one should be instructed to feel as if they are not equal or shamed because of their race,” Ron DeSantis said in a statement on Friday.

“In Florida, we will not let the far-left woke agenda take over our schools and workplaces. There is no place for indoctrination or discrimination in Florida.”

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pinknews.co.uk

They should have just called it "The Conservative Safe Space Bill" just more proof it's the right who are the real snowflakes.

The Republicans are making a smart political play.

They take whatever faux outrage thing that's trending on right-wing media.  They create a bill to "stop" something that isn't really happening, but can be defended as being reasonable.  Then, they add a few "unreasonable" provisions.  When the left speaks out against the unreasonable parts, the Republicans tout the reasonable parts and point the Left as being radical.

They can do this all day, and brand the Left in the eyes of their supporters.

I'm surprised they haven't come out with a bill that makes it illegal for pizza parlors to have child sex trafficking rings in their basements.  Entirely idiotic, but "reasonable".  Then, they add a provision to ban basements entirely in pizza parlors.  Then the left speaks out against the "no basements bill", and the Right says "why does the Left want their sex trafficking basements?".

[Rev. Rye]

Mental note: if I'm ever in Kit's neck of the woods, I should never ask him for directions.

[Silver]

Mental note: if I'm ever in Kit's neck of the woods, I should never ask him for directions.

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I absolutely never know where anything is, lol.

[The Valkyrie]

I'm introducing a rule in the admin section.

It's going to be known as the "Don't Say Gay Thread" rule.

[Silver]

LGBT+ activists forced to flee Russia as vicious dictator Putin clamps down on queerness
pinknews.co.uk

[Rev. Rye]

Trump fan who defaced Pride mural forced to write 25-page essay on Pulse nightclub massacre

A Palm Beach County circuit judge ordered Alexander Jerich, 20, on Thursday (21 April) to write 25 pages about the deadly Pulse nightclub shooting in 2016 that killed 49 people and left 53 others injured.

Judge Scott Suskauer told Jerich that he must research the backgrounds of the 49 people killed at the Orlando nightclub and the loved ones left behind as a result of the tragedy, the Palm Beach Post reported.

“I want your own brief summary of why people are so hateful and why people lash out against the gay community,” Suskauer added.

https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/04/26/al...lse-essay/

Admittedly, I'm not sure that the essay will work the way they hope it does. I bet he could easily describe why people lash out against gay people, since he just did so, and somehow, I get the feeling that when he goes on to talk about the 49 people who died at Pulse, he'll describe them (at the very best) as victims of the gay agenda, or maybe describing what he learned in the least charitable way possible.

And video of the incident here:




And on the off chance that someone makes a bad faith argument about how absurd it is that leaving such skid marks on the crosswalk is illegal since anyone driving on it can do so, notice how, in the footage below, it's repeatedly demonstrated that your average motorist can easily cross it without creating comparable marks.



Also worth noting, in the comments section of the video, I scrolled down to the 14th comment down before finding a single comment that was actually critical of the guy who did it. And as a testament to their observational skills, several people even made a joke about how he's adding a black stripe for black people, even though the stock design (apparently based on a simplified version of the Daniel Quasar flag) actually does have one.

[Silver]

Russia fines Facebook, Instagram and TikTok under chilling ‘LGBT+ propaganda’ law
pinknews.co.uk

[Silver]

Florida teacher forced to take down rainbow “COEXIST” flag just as Don’t Say Gay law passes
lgbtqnation.com