Posted on 03/29/2022 7:29:04 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
WASHINGTON — Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said Monday that his department will monitor Florida’s implementation of a controversial new education law that restricts classroom instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity to determine whether it violates federal civil rights law.
Mr. Cardona’s statement hints at potential legal ramifications for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ decision Monday to sign the legislation, which critics have called the “don’t say gay” bill, into law. But it does not specify what actions the Biden administration could take in response.
“By signing this bill, Governor DeSantis has chosen to target some of Florida’s most vulnerable students and families, all while under the guise of ‘parents’ rights.’ Make no mistake: this is a part of a disturbing and dangerous trend across the country of legislation targeting LGBTQI+ students, educators, and individuals,” Mr. Cardona said in a statement Monday after Mr. DeSantis signed the bill into law.
“This comes at a time when we know lesbian, gay, bisexual, and questioning students are three to four times more likely than non-LGBTQI+ students to report experiencing persistent feelings of sadness, hopelessness, and even self harm — not because of who they are but because of the hostility directed at them.”
The law signed by Mr. DeSantis prohibits classroom instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in kindergarten through third grade or “in a manner that is not age-appropriate or developmentally appropriate for students in accordance with state standards,” a phrase that could limit instruction for older students as well.
Mr. Cardona’s statement comes after criticism of the Florida legislation from President Joe Biden last month on the grounds that it targets LGBTQ statements. It also follows a series of increasingly bitter policy disputes between Mr. Biden and Mr. DeSantis over an array of issues . . .
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PING.
What is this stupid-sounding bill - you can’t say the word “gay”? What the hell is that all about?
It’s NOT about what the media says, that’s for sure
By FAR the biggest violation of civil rights is the pervert lobby teaching kindergarten kids about homo sex and how to change their gender without notifying or informing their parents that their kids are being indoctrinated.
The leftist homo lobby and Dems care nothing about the civil rights of the 99% of parents who think this is an abomination.
“What is this stupid-sounding bill - you can’t say the word “gay”? What the hell is that all about?”
The bill doesn’t say anything about gay. It says the pedophiles cannot teach children (I believe it is K-3) about sex of any sort.
The faggots use schools to recruit children into their perverted and illegal lifestyle and this bill keeps them from doing that.
The left fights hard to keep the moral decay going. Just imagine if the media reported it as it really is, that the left is fighting hard to sexualize 5 to 8 year olds.
Disgusting perverts. And this “don’t say gay”, it infuriates me beyond words that the left can just make things up and it gets treated as fact.
“criticism of the Florida legislation from President Joe Biden last month on the grounds that it targets LGBTQ statements”
The law says nothing about sniffing so what’s the complaint?
You can’t describe homosexual acts in detail to children in kindergarten up to 3rd grade in public schools. This is a civil rights violation, according to progs.
The “Don’t Degrade Grade Schoolers” bill prevents the sexual exploitation of children. DeSantis is exactly correct!
The law, quoted from the article, is nothing more than.... The law signed by Mr. DeSantis prohibits classroom instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in kindergarten through third grade or “in a manner that is not age-appropriate or developmentally appropriate for students in accordance with state standards,”
Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said Monday that his department will monitor Florida’s implementation of a controversial new education law that restricts classroom instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity to determine whether it violates federal civil rights law.
So you are not allowed to restrict classroom instruction on “sexual orientation” and “gender identity”. Meaning that you are required to talk about this stuff. It must be discussed and not restricted. Isn’t that what they are saying?
And begs questions, of how does any of this violate anyone’s constitutional rights? Is there a constitutional right to discussion of homosexuality in schools, mentioned in the constitution?
I don’t know if you are trolling or if you really haven’t read ANYTHING about this bill for the past couple of months... But on the chance that you really don’t know anything, the Left has called it the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, even though there is nothing in the bill that says that. What is DOES say is that you can’t introduce instruction about sexuality and gender identity into the classroom for children ages 4-8 years old. A better name would be the “Anti-grooming” bill...
[[students are three to four times more likely than non-LGBTQI+ students to report experiencing persistent feelings of sadness, hopelessness, and even self harm —]]
That is because they are messed up in the head. Get them some help! Get them to conversion Therapy asap!
I’m so old that I can remember when opponents of institutionalized perversion warned about creating a “slippery slope” and were ridiculed endlessly.
[[Is there a constitutional right to discussion of homosexuality in schools, mentioned in the constitution?]]
A bit better way to say it woild,be Is there a constitutional COMMAND to discussion of homosexuality in schools, mentioned in the constitution?
The ,eft act like there is a command, and that conservatives are violating this fictional command that it must be taught.
I wish desantis would call it that, anti-grooming bill, to spotlight the true intentions of the left
Thanks. No I don’t have time to research every damn freaking thing that comes down the pike more and more all the time. But it did occur to me that it was probably the opposite of how it was reported because the Lying Left Media just can’t stop lying.
BTW, you should know by now I’m not a “troll”
These people in DC are exceedingly dangerous.
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