Posted on 05/17/2023 5:59:45 PM PDT by Morgana
Florida is officially banning the mutilation of minors in the name of “gender affirmation,” as Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) on Wednesday signed legislation addressing issues associated with the radical left’s transgender agenda.
DeSantis signed another batch of legislation, including S.B. 254, which will permanently “outlaw the mutilation of minors,” the governor explained.
“It will outlaw the surgical procedures and experimental puberty blockers for minors. It will also require any adults receiving the surgeries to be informed about the irreversible nature and about the dangers of the procedures,” he said, adding that the legislation will also give Florida courts “temporary jurisdiction to intervene and halt procedures for out-of-state children.”
Further, DeSantis signed legislation which has been described as an expansion of the original Parental Rights in Education law. This legislation also addresses the ongoing issues with “preferred pronouns,” making it so neither teachers nor students will be forced to declare their pronoun or use pronouns contrary to an individual’s biological sex.
“We never did this through all of human history, until like, what, two weeks ago now? This is something they’re having … third graders declare pronouns. We’re not doing the pronoun Olympics in Florida. It’s not happening here,” DeSantis said, explaining that the measure also expands the Parental Rights in Education law. The original law prevented any classroom discussions on sexual orientation and gender identity for children in kindergarten through third grade. This legislation, however, expands that to eighth grade.
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Nice to see Florida has common sense!
Good. Thanks to God.
Don’t you wish everybody did?
But no. Exploding heads time.
And still some here say DeSantis is a RINO. In a sane world these laws would not be necessary, but since they are I’m glad DeSantis is taking a stand.
Great!
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