Florida HB 1557, the anti-gay Parental Rights Edutn, vlat ee speech

Contents:

• DO FLORIDA’S ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL VLATE THE FIRST AMENDMENT?
• 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL AIMED AT FLORIDA TEACHERS MAY VLATE STUNTS' RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH
• WHAT DO ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ ACTUALLY SAY?
• FLORIDA'S ANTI-GAY BILL IS WRONG. IT'S ALSO UNNSTUTNAL.
• WHAT THE BILL DUBBED ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BY CRICS ACTUALLY SAYS
• FACT-CHECKG 3 PROMENT CLAIMS ABOUT FLORIDA’S ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL
• DO THE 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL N AFOUL OF THE FIRST AMENDMENT OR ANY OTHER SPEECH RIGHTS?
• HERE'S WHAT FLORIDA'S 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL WOULD DO AND WHAT WOULDN'T DO
• WHAT'S THE SO-LLED DON'T SAY GAY BILL THAT ULD IMPACT THE WHOLE UNTRY

DO FLORIDA’S ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL VLATE THE FIRST AMENDMENT?

Qutns have been raised as to whether Florida’s so-lled “Don’t Say Gay” bill vlat the First Amendment rights of teachers and stunts public primary schools the state.

All ey will be on Florida Monday as the so-lled Don’t Say Gay bill go before the full state Senate for nsiratn.

'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL AIMED AT FLORIDA TEACHERS MAY VLATE STUNTS' RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH

But Calvert warned of a very likely “chillg effect, ” where teachers would be cled to censor themselv over fear of retributn om parents, who unr the bill would be granted greater thory to sue school districts believed to be vlatn of “Don’t Say Gay. FLORIDA ‘DON’T SAY GAY BILL’ PASSES FINAL SENATE COMMITTEE. A new bill beg troduced Florida is aimed at banng teachers om discsg sexual orientatn or genr inty their classrooms, but 's the speech rights of stunts that the proposed legislatn uld ge Parental Rights Edutn bill, dubbed the "Don't Say Gay" bill by crics, would prohib school districts om "enuragg classroom discsn about sexual orientatn or genr inty primary gra levels or a manner that is not age-appropriate or velopmentally appropriate for stunts.

WHAT DO ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ ACTUALLY SAY?

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FLORIDA'S ANTI-GAY BILL IS WRONG. IT'S ALSO UNNSTUTNAL.

But crics nicknamed HB 1557 the "don’t say gay" bill, warng isn’t necsary and mak some stunts feel unsafe by sglg out LGBTQ material as dangero and appropriate. Dennis Baxley, R-Ola, the bill’s Senate sponsor who said he was addrsg "social engeerg" that uld rult more children intifyg as gay or transgenr.

The guidance clus fns of terms related to sexual orientatn and genr inty — cludg gay, lbian and transgenr — that teachers are enuraged to e when applible. The word ‘gay’ is not banned Florida​. People on Facebook and Twter have said that Florida Republins want to ban the word "gay" school.

WHAT THE BILL DUBBED ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BY CRICS ACTUALLY SAYS

"GOP's 2022 platform: Ban books, Ban abortn, Ban Black history, Ban transgenr teens, Ban sayg ‘gay’ and Ban votg, " said Dean Obeidallah, a left-leang rad host and edian, on March 11. On SNL’s "Weekend Update" segment, anchor Col Jost told st member Kate McKnon, who is gay, that the bill "means that you n't acknowledge that 'gay' exists at all.

FACT-CHECKG 3 PROMENT CLAIMS ABOUT FLORIDA’S ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL

" McKnon then slammed the legislatn, sayg, "I am eply gay — sorry, eply ncerned.

It jt seems like this is gog to make kids gay and trans — sorry, prsed and suicidal. The claims n largely be attributed to the legislatn’s "don’t say gay" nickname, ed by Equaly Florida. The legislatn do not lerally prohib Floridians om sayg the word "gay, " but do prohib classroom stctn on "sexual orientatn or genr inty.

DO THE 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL N AFOUL OF THE FIRST AMENDMENT OR ANY OTHER SPEECH RIGHTS?

Tampa Bay Tim, Republins ma chang to ‘don’t say gay’ bill.

HERE'S WHAT FLORIDA'S 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL WOULD DO AND WHAT WOULDN'T DO

Tampa Bay Tim, Florida’s ‘don’t say gay’ bill passed, head to DeSantis amid stunt protts, March 8, 2022. ’ Miami teachers react to passg of ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill, March 10, 2022. Today, we have an analysis of a piece of tn legislatn Florida that crics have referred to as the “Don’t Say Gay” we have news of our own: We’re makg some chang to the Edutn Briefg.

WHAT'S THE SO-LLED DON'T SAY GAY BILL THAT ULD IMPACT THE WHOLE UNTRY

See below for Asenc-Rhe/Tampa Bay Tim, via Associated PrsA close read of ‘Don’t Say Gay’Gov.