Florida governor signs “Don’t Say Gay” bill while surrounded by kids holding anti-LGBTQ signs

Ron DeSantis said schools are teaching “about sexuality and woke gender ideology” while flanked by children at the photo-op.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) signed the state’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill, a measure that will ban elementary school teachers from mentioning LGBTQ people in class.

DeSantis signed H.B. 1557 at the Classical Preparatory School in Spring Hill, Florida today, flanked by children in school uniforms. Other kids stood behind him holding signs that said “PROTECT CHILDREN/SUPPORT PARENTS,” implying that children need protection from learning about the existence of LGBTQ people.

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At least the kids forming the background of the photo-op had a pin with the letters “CRT” crossed out, referring to critical race theory.

“The last couple of years have really revealed to parents that they are being ignored increasingly across our country when it comes to their kids’ education,” DeSantis said before he signed the bill. “We have seen curriculum embedded for very very young children, classroom materials about sexuality and woke gender ideology. We’ve seen libraries that have clearly inappropriate, pornographic materials for very young kids.”

While Republicans have been railing about pornography in school libraries for months, they have not found any school with actual pornography in its library.

H.B. 1557 has been condemned by Democrats, including President Joe Biden, who called it…

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