DeSantis Fires Mickey Mouse
Believe it or not, DeSantis got married at Disney World in 2009. This is from the local Orlando newspaper:
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis continues to make hay about his battle against the Disney corporation.
One of the state's largest employers and the raison d'etre for much of Central Florida drew the ire of the aspirational Republican for defending the position that gay people exist. His ongoing fight has to be a sticky subject when he looks around at personal effects in the governor's mansion. In spite of all the bluster and hot air DeSantis has directed at the company and its parks over his tenure, the governor was married in Walt Disney World.
DeSantis talked about the wedding in his new book, titled "The Courage to be Free"
"When Casey first broached the idea of getting married at Disney World, I was surprised because I did not know people even got married there,' DeSantis wrote in his book.
The Florida governor describes agreeing to the Disney wedding, but under one condition.
"My only condition was that no Disney characters could be part of our wedding. I wanted our special day to look and feel like a traditional wedding. I didn’t want Mickey Mouse or Donald Duck in our wedding photos ," he wrote.
It's obvious that DeSantis has hated Mickey Mouse since way back in 2009 when he got married at Disney World.
DeSantis specifically forbade Mickey Mouse from attending his wedding. DeSantis, the longtime cartoonophobe then got extremely upset recently when Disney World acknowledged that gay people actually exist.
DeSantis, who pretends to support free speech, fired Mickey Mouse for saying, "gay" DeSantis appointed an extreme homophobe Ron Peri to be one of five people that will oversee the Reedy Creek Improvement District (the government body that has given Disney unique powers in Central Florida for more than fifty years).
DeSantis appointee to new Disney oversight board suggested tap water could turn people gay
By Andrew Kaczynski , Em Steck and Steve Contorno , CNN
Updated 6:34 PM EST, Fri March 3, 2023
CNN —
An appointee to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ new oversight board in control of Disney’s special tax district called homosexuality “evil” last year and shared a baseless conspiracy theory that tap water could be making more people gay.
On Monday, the Republican governor appointed Ron Peri, an Orlando-based former pastor and the CEO of The Gathering – a Christian ministry focused on outreach to men – as one of five people who will now oversee the Reedy Creek Improvement District, the government body that has given Disney unique powers in Central Florida for more than half a century.
DeSantis signed a bill in February that allowed him to replace the district’s existing board – mostly people with ties to Disney – with a five-member body that he hand-picked. The move to remove power from Disney comes nearly a year after the company spoke out against a Florida bill – which DeSantis later signed into law – to restrict certain classroom instruction about sexual orientation and gender identity.
A CNN KFile review of Peri’s past comments found that he frequently made derogatory remarks about the LGBTQ community.
“So why are there homosexuals today? There are any number of reasons, you know, that are given. Some would say the increase in estrogen in our societies. You know, there’s estrogen in the water from birth control pills. They can’t get it out,” Peri baselessly said in a January 2022 Zoom discussion, later put on YouTube . “The level of testosterone in men broadly in America has declined by 50 points in the past 10 years. You know, and so, maybe that’s a part of it.”
“But the big part I would suggest to you, based upon what it’s saying here, is the removal of constraint,” he continued. “So our society provided the constraint. And so, which is the responsibility of a society to constrain people from doing evil? Well, you remove the constraints, and then evil occurs.”
Testosterone levels in men have dropped in recent decades , and researchers are unsure why, but the drop is not 50%, and there is no indication that a drop in testosterone affects sexual orientation. Likewise, there is no evidence that estrogen in the water supply, for which birth control pills account for a statistically insignificant amount , affects sexual orientation. The claim that chemicals in tap water could turn people gay has gained ground with conspiracy theorists over the years, most memorably with fringe commentator Alex Jones, who said chemicals in the water were “turning the friggin’ frogs gay.”
I n the same discussion, Peri called homosexuality “shameful,” linking it to disease.
“There are a lot of unhealthy effects of a homosexual lifestyle,” said Peri. “There are diseases, but it goes beyond that.”
Peri has also said that LGBTQ people “don’t have a stake in the future” because many do not have children, and he called gay people “deviant.”
In one discussion, he linked homosexuality to the fall of the Roman Empire – a fringe historical belief occasionally pushed by some Christian activists.
“Homosexuality was praised,” Peri said. “LGBTQ today is being emphasized everywhere, even on children’s shows. And so ultimately the Romans had become weak.”
Peri’s discussions, which focused on seeing the modern world through a Biblical viewpoint, often touched on social topics. In other discussions uploaded on YouTube, Peri said that “not very long ago being a mother was the pinnacle of being a woman,” and he compared abortion to genocides like the Holocaust.
“It has boggled my mind that you have not seen a massive backlash from the Black population for what is effectively a genocide. And if you look to the right, you can see that in world history, there have been great killers. The Holocaust, 11 million were killed. Six million Jews,” said Peri, pointing to a chart comparing abortion to genocide.
Peri and DeSantis did not respond to CNN’s requests for comment.
DeSantis and Disney
Peri’s appointment to the oversight board comes after a long-standing battle between DeSantis and Disney over the Parental Rights in Education Act – which critics have called Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” law. The law bars schools from teaching about sexual orientation and gender identity in kindergarten through third-grade classrooms and in older classrooms that do not meet yet-to-be-defined standards.
After Disney’s then-chairman spoke out against the bill last year, DeSantis stripped the company of its unique governing power within the Reedy Creek Improvement District, the special taxing district created more than half a century ago that effectively gave the entertainment giant control of what has grown to 25,000 acres around its Orlando-area theme parks.
On Monday, DeSantis changed course and signed a new bill that extended the life of the Reedy Creek Improvement District but gave the governor new powers over its future. The new law ousted the existing board, renamed it the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District and allowed DeSantis to appoint all five members – one of whom was Peri.
This week, DeSantis told supporters that Disney’s opposition to the Parental Rights in Education Act was a “only a mild annoyance” and that the motivation for effectively punishing the company was in response to it allegedly injecting “a lot of this sexuality into the programming for young kids.” He has suggested that the new board could influence Disney’s business decisions by adding park discounts for Florida residents and even altering the company’s entertainment offerings.
“When you lose your way, you know, you gotta have people that are going to tell you the truth, and so we hope that they can get back on,” DeSantis said. “But I think all these board members very much would like to see the type of entertainment that all families can appreciate.”
Historically, the Reedy Creek board oversaw a fire department, water systems, roadways and building inspections around the Disney theme parks and could issue bonds and take on debt for long-term infrastructure programs. Democratic lawmakers in Florida who opposed DeSantis’ takeover of the board warned that a politically motivated body could wield that power over Disney.
“Are we going to see board members vetoing projects that are considered to go against any governor?” state Rep. Rita Harris said during floor debate on the proposal. “For instance, Walt Disney just changed Splash Mountain. They made it Tiana’s Bayou (Adventure). What if the governor didn’t like that? Would the board then be able to push a company into changing their business model just so that they don’t misalign (with) them?”
In addition to Peri, DeSantis also appointed to the board Martin Garcia, a Tampa lawyer whose private investment firm contributed $50,000 to the governor’s 2022 reelection campaign, and Bridget Ziegler, a co-founder of the conservative organization Moms for Liberty and the wife of Christian Ziegler, the new chairman of the Republican Party of Florida.
Here is the new Disney oversight board:
DeSantis Disney oversight board features 'combustible mix' of culture warriors: Expert
Wed, March 1, 2023, 3:59 PM EST · 4 min read
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis solidified who will oversee Walt Disney World ( DIS ) after the politician signed a bill into law that allows him to take control of the company's long-standing special tax district.
"The corporate kingdom finally comes to an end," DeSantis said at a press conference following the bill's signing on Monday. "There's a new sheriff in town, and accountability will be the order of the day."
DeSantis, who rebranded the district previously known as Reedy Creek to the "Central Florida Tourism Oversight District," hand-selected the five board members who will now oversee Disney's municipal services. Previous board members were selected by Reedy Creek, which was fully controlled by Disney.
"The good question now is what will be the impact of the new board that he appointed," Richard Foglesong, Disney historian and author of the book "Married to the Mouse: Walt Disney World and Orlando," told Yahoo Finance Live in an interview on Tuesday.
"We have a five-member board of supervisors that consists principally of cultural warrior types, Christian nationalist types. ...I think there is an issue here," he warned.
DeSantis' board includes Bridget Ziegler, a conservative member of the Sarasota County School Board and co-founder of Moms for Liberty ; Martin Garcia, an attorney who runs investment firm Pinehill Capital Partners, which donated $50,000 to a DeSantis-aligned political committee; and Ron Perri, chairman and CEO of The Gathering USA , a ministry "of evangelism, discipleship and mission opportunities for men."
"The Disney company is the major manufacturer of culture in the United States," Foglesong said. "When you have people appointed to a board who can appropriately, fairly by their own description, be called cultural warriors and Christian nationalists. ...I think that's a combustible mix.
"https://finance.yahoo.com/news/desantis-disney-oversight-board-features-combustible-mix-of-culture-warriors-expert-205909720.html
Okay, DeSantis, you're changing "the happiest place in the world" into "the most homophobic place in the world." That's fucking awesome! Butt, I heard some of the fucking fish in Key West are gay!!! You better take their keys away from them.
WARNING: DRINKING TAP WATER WILL MAKE YOU GAY! - Ron PERI
That's why I strongly recommend that all NewsTalkers drink only alcohol based refreshments.
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I was considering going to Disney World with my extended family.
Fuck it.
I'm going to take them to Disneyland in California instead.
I lived next to both and enjoy Disneyland in Anaheim CA better.
Dumbasses comment on the water was news here in FL and of course the righties in ''The Villages'' totally believe it.
I lived in Garden Grove, California when I was in elementary school. I loved Disneyland.
Years later I lived in Winter Park, Florida.
I enjoyed Disneyland as a kid and later, I enjoyed taking my kids to Disney World.
I don't understand why "De Satan" is Anti-Gay.
The Board of Directors of Disney all look "gay"! Thanks for sharing that sexy photo of the Directors. It certainly tells us a lot.
Doesn't "De Insane" remember he got married to his husband at Disney Land's Gay Palace, four years ago? Does his husband know what SHE is saying about these awful things behind his back when SHE is dressed in HER drag outfit as a STRAIGHT MAN?
I think you or some nice Evil-Genital Christian should explain to Her/Him that GOD despises the Hypocrite the most. She doesn't want to be a hypothalamus. That is what SHE will get turned into if SHE doesn't stop it.
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Elections have consequences.
I thought leftists were against big corporations having too much power and autonomy
Erections sometimes have consequences too.
As Tony Weiner knows only too well.
Leftists are NOT monosyllabic like MAGA-LLLLOOOOONS. We are independent thinkers. There is no "Left Party"!
On the other hand, or should I say, "foot", there is a party Right Wingers.
It is known, in Masonic Circles, as "The Tightly Wrapped-Righties- Evil-De-Genitals Magots, who still suck their thumbs" Party of Nip-Schists," or so I am told by one of my unreliable "sauces."
In case you didn't know, they are also referred to as "Re-Thugs", "MTG Disciples," "Koch-Roaches", and "Trump's Wipers" demanding on whose ARSE they are "sucking up to"!
I won't name call conservatives, what does that make me, bugsy?
In what significant or silly way? Do explain and take your time doing so, please.
A nice guy who lives by his Christian principles
Retrumplicans can't play "Truth or Consequences" (or "Truth or Dare") because they don't know what "truth" is.
He got married in Disney World but didn't want any of the Disney characters to be involved? He really is some kind of freak. I took my family to Disney World three times when my kids were little. But, interestingly, what went through my mind when I read that DeSantis appointed his own oversight board wresting control was exactly what al jizzerror said above - I would never want to go there now. It can now be called DeSantisWorld and all the assholes who praise him can congregate there. Maybe Mickey, Donald, and all the characters should quit and go to the California site.
Quite right, Buzz of the Orient. "DeSantis World - Were Illusion Supersedes Commonsense.
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Maybe Mickey scared him as a kid
the mouse is probably hung, unlike guido and cheeto...
Whatever turns pussy cat on.
DeSantis is going to endorse this fucking orifice protector for his homophobic base:
Looks like the machine is getting its "jollies" at that model's expense!
I had one of those machines, and it didn't work. All I got was a sore throat!
Reminds me of the time I swallowed a dictionary. That was thesaurus my throat has ever been!
I heard destankis was goofy fucking drunk at his bachelor party the night before.
OMG!
You might want to cultivate a brighter set of folks to listen to.
huh?
That's true! Someone "spiked" HER coke. Cosby is suspected.
Spiking someone's cocaine is wrong!
DeSantis didn't want to get upstaged by having other cartoon characters at his wedding.
he didn't want to be mistaken as the 8th dwarf...
Oh, but DeSantis IS a dwarf...
DeSantis is the 8th dwarf - sleazy.
Good news for the entirety of the country, he will be your president one day.
Can't wait for the leftist screaming at the sky again.
Gonna be hilarious.
That is so cruel! I would tattle if I could, but there is no one-to-one available on this Communist/Socialist site.
Poopy, Fart-Damn-Hell!
"One day" when the 'glory' comes? Well, that's aspirational! Y'all said this and that about Trump and "liberal tears" in 2020 which did not come to pass. Indeed, the other guy won!
Not sure where you are getting this "glory" from, but I never said that.
The truth is DeSantis will be your president one day...maybe not 2024, maybe 2028, 32....I don't know
But it will happen.
So you don't know if/when it will happen and thus the statement is one just like the one given to Trump in 2020 (apparently so aspirational that it warped Donald into thinking he could win with counting mail-in ballots). Let there be no doubt: Donald did not win. And should DeSantis follow that model it is highly dubious he will win either.
The truth is that DeSantis will not become president ever.
Democrats rig the elections so it can't happen.
The Democrats can rig any election by simply voting because there are more Democrats than idiots.
I would like to believe this is sarcasm, but based on most of your other posts, you either actually believe this, or you know it really happens.
Elections are decided by VOTES.
There are more Democrats, so, if there is a good turnout, the Democrats win.
In 2016, Hillary won the popular election (she had far more votes than Trump) but Trump won the Electoral College.
Russian meddling help divide the Democrats. As a result, many Burnie supporters did not vote for Hillary so Trump won.
The Democrats can "rig" national elections simply by having a good turnout and voting for the Democrat. They demonstrated that in 2020.
Russia invades Ukraine - America sends arms to Ukraine
DeSantis invades Disney World - America does fuck all to defend Disney World.
Very inconsistent.
Oy.
SHE is "De-Insane". It's in all the Gay magazines.
Now it is easily out for all to see: some conservatives feel so strongly that states should 'bridle' homosexuals that they will push major corporations to consider relocating! Is that hateful enough? DeSantis does not care if Disney World goes away from Florida. This is not about conservative children; it certainly is not about liberal children, it's about messing with the homosexuals. It's about DeSantis 'swagger.' Somebody must have gotten into his ear and told him he is not much of man if he can't control (pejorative coming) homos and their supporters.
SHE is "De-Insane". It's in all the Gay magazines.
This dumbass doesn't know his history. Constantine converted the Roman Empire to Christianity in the 4th century. The Roman Empire fell after the conversion