{"id":1370142,"date":"2022-03-10T22:41:02","date_gmt":"2022-03-11T03:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1370142"},"modified":"2022-03-10T22:41:05","modified_gmt":"2022-03-11T03:41:05","slug":"scandal-plagued-human-rights-campaign-rejects-disney-donation-over-florida-bill-barring-sexuality-instruction-for-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/scandal-plagued-human-rights-campaign-rejects-disney-donation-over-florida-bill-barring-sexuality-instruction-for-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"Scandal-Plagued Human Rights Campaign Rejects Disney Donation over Florida Bill Barring Sexuality Instruction for Kids"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fscandal-plagued-human-rights-campaign-rejects-disney-donation-over-florida-bill-barring-sexuality-instruction-for-kids%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1370142&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Scandal-plagued activist organization Human Rights Campaign has said \u201cno thanks\u201d to Disney\u2019s offer of a donation over Florida\u2019s new education bill falsely smeared as the \u201cdon\u2019t say gay\u201d bill by leftist critics.<\/p>\n<p>After suffering a coordinated attack for not speaking up sufficiently to appease left-wing activists upset over Florida\u2019s new law, Disney offered to donate to Human Rights Campaign. But on Wednesday, HRC said it would not be accepting the donation announced by Disney CEO Bob Chapek during Wednesday\u2019s shareholder\u2019s meeting.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Chapek had said that Disney did not really want to get mixed up with protests over the bill that prevents schools from exposing young students \u2014 from Pre-k to third grade \u2014 to radical sexual indoctrination. However, Chapek <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/business\/business-news\/bob-chapek-florida-bill-shareholder-meeting-1235107783\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">noted<\/a> that Disney was \u201copposed to the bill from the outset\u201d but had chosen to work \u201cbehind the scenes\u201d with Florida lawmakers to ditch the bill.<\/p>\n<p>Still, despite Chapek\u2019s claims, Florida\u2019s Republican Governor Ron DeSantis <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChristinaPushaw\/status\/1501683460611751944\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> that the only time he ever heard from Disney about the bill was Wednesday morning before Disney\u2019s shareholder meeting.<\/p>\n<p>In his statement, DeSantis added, \u201cDisney is a family-friendly company that creates wholesome entertainment for kids. The same Florida parents who take their families to Disney also support parental rights in education, because they do not want their young children exposed to inappropriate content about sex and gender theory at school.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Statement from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovRonDeSantis?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GovRonDeSantis<\/a> Office about today\u2019s call from Disney regarding Florida\u2019s parental rights in education bill: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gN0ZdZpeKj\">pic.twitter.com\/gN0ZdZpeKj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Christina Pushaw \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@ChristinaPushaw) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChristinaPushaw\/status\/1501683460611751944?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 9, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This timeline of Disney\u2019s reply to the Florida bill is why activists mounted an astroturf social media campaign to attack Disney over its lack of interest in working to defeat the bill before it got so far in the Sunshine State\u2019s legislature. This social media attack also seems to have spurred Disney\u2019s attempt to donate to Human Rights Campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Regardless, Disney\u2019s big dollar offer was firmly rejected by the far-left organization.<\/p>\n<p>In rejecting the donation, HRC <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrc.org\/press-releases\/human-rights-campaign-refuses-money-from-disney-until-meaningful-action-is-taken-to-combat-floridas-dont-say-gay-or-trans-bill\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">scolded<\/a> Disney in a statement saying that instead of donating money, they would rather Disney work \u201cto ensure that dangerous proposals, like Florida\u2019s Don\u2019t Say Gay or Trans bill, don\u2019t become dangerous laws, and if they do, to work to get them off the books.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>HRC went on to blast Disney for coming late to the game in opposing the Florida education law. The group said that the entertainment giant\u2019s initial silence on the bill was \u201cunacceptable\u201d and insisted that the donation should have come earlier along with greater activism. \u201cThis should be the beginning of Disney\u2019s advocacy efforts rather than the end,\u201d HRC said.<\/p>\n<p>Joni Madison, Interim President, Human Rights Campaign, wrote:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The Human Rights Campaign will not accept this money from Disney until we see them build on their public commitment and work with LGBTQ+ advocates to ensure that dangerous proposals, like Florida\u2019s Don\u2019t Say Gay or Trans bill, don\u2019t become dangerous laws, and if they do, to work to get them off the books. Businesses have had and continue to have a major impact in the fight for LGBTQ+ rights, from marriage equality to the defeat of House Bill 2 in North Carolina and beyond. While Disney took a regrettable stance by choosing to stay silent amid political attacks against LGBTQ+ families in Florida \u2014 including hardworking families employed by Disney \u2014 today they took a step in the right direction. But it was merely the first step.<\/p>\n<p>HRC encourages Disney, and all employers, to continue to fight for their employees \u2013 many of whom bravely spoke out to say their CEO\u2019s silence was unacceptable \u2013 and the LGBTQ+ community by working with us and state and local LGBTQ+ groups to ensure these dangerous anti-equality proposals that harm LGBTQ+ families and kids have no place in Florida. Every student deserves to be seen, and every student deserves an education that prepares them for health and success \u2014 regardless of who they are. This should be the beginning of Disney\u2019s advocacy efforts rather than the end.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Disney has not yet responded to HRC\u2019s rejection of its donation.<\/p>\n<p>HRC has problems of its own, of course. Last September, HRC president Alphonso David was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/09\/09\/head-lgbtq-human-rights-campaign-ousted-helping-cuomo-discredit-victim\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ousted<\/a> from his position when it was revealed that he counseled disgraced Democrat New York Governor Andrew Cuomo to help him evade allegations of sexual assault.<\/p>\n<p><i>Follow Warner Todd Huston on Facebook at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Warner.Todd.Huston\">facebook.com\/Warner.Todd.Huston<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scandal-plagued activist organization Human Rights Campaign has said \u201cno thanks\u201d to Disney\u2019s offer of a donation over Florida\u2019s new education bill falsely smeared as the \u201cdon\u2019t say gay\u201d bill by<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1370142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1370142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1370142"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1370142\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1370142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1370142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1370142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}