About a month ago Ron DeSanto signed a law that became nicknamed the "Don't Say Gay" bill. It caused a lot of confusion and controversy as the LGBTQ community felt that it was an anti-homosexual bill that would stop schools from supporting children from that group. The Republican party in Florida argued that the bill was actually aimed at stopping sex education in the early elementary grades. I decided not to have an opinion. As a former teacher I definitely didn't like having the responsibility of counseling children in the early teenage groups. I know that some teachers did. I was just glad that I was done teacher and that our own children were almost all out of high school.
Because the Walt Disney corporation had backed the pro-business Republican party in Florida for several years, Disney World had also received a lot of backlash after the bill was passed. Their employees even staged a walkout to protest the treatment of the LGBTQ community. That led the CEO of Disney to withdraw support of the Florida governor. Shortly after that announcement, DeSanto signed a bill into law that would dissolve the township that Disney had governed surrounding its Florida theme parks. They would also lose their tax break in Orange County.
None of this really affects any of us. There's a lot of posts on social media claiming that this will raise the taxes of those living in that area, but I doubt it. Someone even said without the tax break that Disney will take their theme parks to another state. That was a stupid comment. Ultimately, the best part of all of this happening is that Brett has absolutely enjoyed the backlash that Disney has gotten over the news. He sent me several memes about it and said that he and Sean planned to play Disco Inferno over the weekend as they talked about the "burning of the Disney corporation." Brett still loves the Disney movies and theme parks, just not their political stance. From what I have read, he's not alone.
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