Florida Republican insists “gay isn’t permanent” to explain her vote for “Don’t Say Gay” bill

Florida state Sen. Ileana Garcia (R)
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Florida state Sen. Ileana Garcia needed a way to justify her vote to discriminate against LGBTQ people and she reached deep to find one.

Voting to ban elementary school teachers from mentioning LGBTQ people is okay, she insisted, because being gay isn’t permanent and some transgender women are lesbians. She knows this because her friends are “all LGBT but I don’t pander on that.”

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“Gay is not a permanent thing, LGBT is not a permanent thing,” Garcia said as she launched into a 15 minute rant explaining why it was okay to target LGBTQ people. “This isn’t about targeting. This is perhaps about…

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