'Don't say gay' in FL now in effect

@LeopoldBloom indeed.
We should absolutely ban that thing.

@LeopoldBloom
......... and then there's this.
How the mighty have fallen in the midst of battle!
Jonathan lies slain upon your high places.
I am distressed for you my brother Jonathan;
Greatly beloved were you to me;
your love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.”
(2 Samuel 1:23, 26-27

@walabby Hey, don't print that filth here, buddy. Bad enough God's busy smiting all over the place. On a bet, he gets impressionable mortals to sacrifice their children. Tricks men into drowning themselves. Teaches intolerance and death for enemies.

Filth, I tell you.

@SW-User Yes, yes they are. And don't think DeSantis isn't going to do everything in his power to make sure people can't be married here, too.

@SW-User the world mate. Many other countries are not exempt from such bullshit. Pardon my French

@Gangstress Maybe not, but America, at the moment, is embodying a particular kind of stupidity (in the Republican states, at least).

@SW-User there is no maybes about it

@SunshineGirl school is not a daycare center in which to insulate an indoctrinate children. The very purpose of education is to expand one's horizons, to see what's over the next hill. Kids can find anything they want on the Internet. And they will, because the same parents so worrying about what their child is exposed to in the classroom are also the very same parents who allow computers in bedrooms, who watch their kids on their phones without ever checking them

Their children will grow to resent them, and rightly so.

@Graylight Exactly. I hate how everyone thinks they know more about education than teachers and that schools are there mainly for the convenience of parents. I think it's a very healthy sign if the older generation is slightly disturbed by what is being taught to their children . . perhaps they may even be motivated to examine their own opinions and beliefs 🙂

@Roadsterrider they're not teaching kids about sex, they're literally just saying gay people exist. Children are exposed to heterosexuality from a young age if they see mums and dads holding hands, hugging or kissing. Why is that not "indoctrination", but if it's two same gender people, it suddenly is?

@basilfawlty89 From Education Week: "Among the prohibitions: The seven-page bill prohibits instruction on sexual orientation or gender identity for students in kindergarten through 3rd grade. Lessons for students older than 3rd grade have to be “age appropriate or developmentally appropriate for students in accordance with state standards.”

To me, those things should be taught by "mums and dads". Health classes started in 5th grade for me, basic stuff about how the body works, how babies are made. Why change up the curriculum to include "instruction on sexual orientation" before children even know what sexual orientation is. If parents are concerned, they should explain different sexual orientations to their child.

@Carla Indeed, an informed child may make different and less risky choices but gawd forbid we teach them anything to do with human sexuality, like they're not already having sex at 12 and 13 now, duhhrrrr 😖

@spjennifer everyone that supports this are all fucking morons. No exceptions.

@Carla But sadly it's the children who will suffer the consequences of this nonsense, the Right is trying to drag us all down into their world of misguided religious beliefs 😖

@ozgirl512 right? We have now entered "the outer limits".

@Carla i think we've passed them somehow... Seriously it's like medevial times

@ozgirl512 it has been a very distressing seven years.
Every positive move forward we have experienced is being ripped away.
And people are cheering it all.

@SW-User If I had to choose I'd sadly have to go with Trump. Cause at least he is stupid. And old enough that he would probably stroke out.
DeSantis is too evil AND intelligent AND young. He is the bigger threat.

@canusernamebemyusername Hmm I'm surprised. The one slight burnishment to DeSantis's credentials seems to be his environmental record. As a concerned activist I would take that.. but I respect your decision.

@SW-User The "concerned activist" has allowed the ongoing exploitation of natural aquifers and other resources for big water, big sugar and development. Every year, we lose the gulf to red tide, a direct result of chemical and pesticide runoff. Our aquifers are the sole source of water for this state and they are being bled dry through Nestle and other large corporations with contracts that allow them to do so.

It's difficult to describe a state that was sold for development three and four generations back. This has been the business interest of the wealthy and corporate since its inception. What this means is that the people have lost almost all control or say over development and the result is the barren wasteland that's being created at light speed. Anything DeSantis is doing is for the public eye and token at best.

@SW-User The thing is, the bigots are a minority, we, the silent majority, need to speak up and say enough! and make sure these cretins don't get elected!

@spjennifer I hope you will... but what are you going to do about SCOTUS?

@SW-User SCOTUS can be neutered, if the Democrats add more seats and appoint less radical Judges, they shouldn't be determining how we live our lives, only adjudicating the laws that are enacted by our elected officials who supposedly represent us.

@MarineBob so no history, biology, chemistry, algebra, trigonometry, geometry, calculus or civics? You want children to grow up to be dumbasses?

@MarineBob sorry bob, but you are mistaken.

@MarineBob oddly we never had police at our schools, I was never in a mass shooting and I live in a third world country. We do have sensible gun regulations though...