Florida Settles ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Lawsuit: Teachers Can Talk About Gender And Sexual Orientation Outside Instruction
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F lorida clarified the controversial Parental Rights in Education Act—dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” law—allows teachers and students to discuss gender and sexual orientation so long as it’s not in official instruction, multiple outlets reported, in a settlement between the state and civil rights advocates over the law.
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The settlement requires the Florida Board of Education to send instructions to all school districts clarifying details about the law that were previously vague, including that the law does not ban discussions about LGBTQ+ people or anti-bullying lessons, prevent Gay-Straight Alliance clubs or apply to library books that aren’t used in classroom instruction, the Associated Press reported .
Both the state and the advocates are calling the settlement a win: The settlement “restores the ability of students, teachers, and others in Florida schools to speak and write freely about sexual orientation and gender identity in class participation and schoolwork,” the office of lead counsel Roberta Kaplan—who represented the law’s opponents—said in a statement to Forbes.
Meanwhile, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ general counsel Ryan Newman said in a statement the settlement “ensures that the law will remain in effect” and that the state was “victorious,” adding “Florida’s classrooms will remain a safe place under the Parental Rights in Education Act.”
Kaplan—who was representing a number of parents, students, teachers and advocacy groups—said the settlement provided “much-needed clarity” and “represents a major victory for the many thousands of LGBTQ+ students, teachers, parents, and their allies throughout Florida.
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Looks like part of anti woke got broke.
A lot of DeSanctimonious' anti-woke stuff is getting broke.
A veritable mountain of reversals!
(Perhaps we should call his regime " Wokeback Mountain "?)
Old motto =
"Florida is where woke goes to die," Gov. Ron DeSantis.
New motto =
"Florida is where woke goes to die but instead launches law suits and beats the crap out of an authoritarian state government."
The agreement simply restates what the law already said. Nothing has changed.
Actually, it clarified the law something that has been asked for for a couple of years in Florida which allows the schools to actually teach.
Here is another that has been changed.
FL Legislature passes one per month limit on ‘frivolous’ book challenges
https://floridaphoenix.com/2024/03/05/fl-senate-passes-one-per-month-limit-on-book-challenges/#:~:text=By%3A%20Jackie%20Llanos%20%2D%20March%205%2C%202024%207%3A12%20pm&text=The%20Florida%20Senate%20approved%20a,which%20they%20placed%20an%20objection.
Yes. I suppose the ignorant who think the law banned the saying of the word Gay in Florida, it "clarified" it. For those who didn't get bamboozled by left wing media gaslighting them, the "settlement" simply restates what everyone else has known.
Yes, that what responsible government does. They tweak legislation to make it more efficient. You are lucky to live in a state with such a responsive legislature.
There were certainly a lot of teachers, principals, administrators, lawyers, parents, and politicians that are ignorant even some who helped write and support the bill didn't understand it and needed clarification. Not surprising since it is a red state it should have been written in crayon.
One would think on something that simple (as noted by republican politicians) that it wouldn't take them a few years to figure out that it's created a mess in all the Florida school districts. One guy filed close to 500 challenges to books. He was on a roll and just getting started, thank goodness that this ''twek'' hopefully got him under control.
What are you trying to say...could it possibly be:
Le plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose
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Safe places? Didn't conservatives used to mock things such as "safe spaces"?
They sure did, now the whiners have their own ''safe space''.
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Why are they (public schools) teaching about sexual orientation and gender in the lower grades anyway?
Is this the new normal?
Why, kindergarteners through eighth grade need to know they can change their gender at any time they wish.
Yes, this will become the new normal.
Link?
That’s a pretty broad brush you’re painting with. Do you really consider eight grade to be part of the “lower grades?” Are you aware that most schools have been teaching basic sex education to 5th and 6th graders for decades?
You quoted and responded to a comment using that phrasing. That’s why I’m asking you about it. If there is no connection, why did you bring up the eighth grade?
Because the complaints treat sex education in the schools as inappropriate - in your case, apparently all the way up to the eighth grade. Would you please like to clarify what you think is appropriate instruction for which age group?
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You don’t see a difference between 3rd grade and 12th grade?
I didn’t ask you to defend anything. I asked you to clarify what you meant. You started talking about 8th grade, but you won’t say why. Perhaps you can’t? Were you just talking out of your ass to promote irrational hysteria? Or do you actually have something of substance to contribute?
Again, I have only been dealing with what you said. I didn’t say anything about what I thought you meant. I asked you to explain yourself. You’re the one who doesn’t want to deal with what you said. You’re putting a lot of time and effort into avoiding simple plain speaking. But perhaps that’s not why you’re here.
You mean don’t hold you accountable for the nonsense you’ve written. Noted.
Are they, though?
I'm pretty sure they they have lessons somewhere that reference (sexual orientation) moms & dads and lessons that also reference (gender) boys and girls. Other than that I'm thinking this is less fear than fear mongering by the populists.
It’s exactly this. It’s a political strategy to terrify the populace with invented bullshit, so their political leaders can “save” them from the boogeyman.
a political strategy to terrify the populace with invented bullshit
Right, that’s exactly what the dishonest progressives and their media allies did by falsely labeling the law the don’t “don’t say gay" law and creating a fake panic over nothing, as the settlement demonstrates. Sad so many fell for it. Hopefully after reading about this they’ll realize how grossly they were manipulated and stop believing progressive slogans and read the source material for themselves.
LMAO, yes and that is why the state was sued to help them explain their own law which they have avoided doing until now.
Now DeSantis is blaming everyone else for his mess and looking to pass another law that will make it a bigger mess. I posted an article today on it, Sean. Just so you can deny what a mess we have in Florida.
Yes. Public school is where education is commonly shared. . . and sexuality is part of the human condition. And, there is nothing wrong with being homosexual anyway. . .for the homosexuals, lesbians, bisexuals, and transsexuals among us. . . need to have their issues and situations dealt with in this setting too. Just like the heterosexual kids who get affirmed inside school by subtle and more obvious considerations.
Unless the teacher is certified to teach sex ed on a scientific basis, then what are they discussing with kids other than their personal biases?
England is revising their policy to allow children under the age of 18 to be given puberty blockers without it being a last resort instead of routine.
As usual, the US medical system seems to be more concerned about creating more lifelong customers for their drugs and surgeries.
Our anti-woke governor and legislature is agaist every transgender, although our judical system seems to understand the situation/constitution much better than DeSantis and the Three-some of the Republican party.