{"id":1406829,"date":"2022-03-29T08:29:35","date_gmt":"2022-03-29T12:29:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1406829"},"modified":"2022-03-29T08:29:39","modified_gmt":"2022-03-29T12:29:39","slug":"gov-desantis-signs-anti-grooming-bill-into-law-tears-into-critics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gov-desantis-signs-anti-grooming-bill-into-law-tears-into-critics\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov. DeSantis Signs Anti-Grooming Bill Into Law, Tears Into Critics\u00a0"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fgov-desantis-signs-anti-grooming-bill-into-law-tears-into-critics%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=1406829&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<section data-v-5e19d842=\"\">\n<p>Gov. Ron DeSantis signed <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/floridas-anti-groomer-law-protects-kids-and-parents-from-activist-educators\">Florida&#8217;s anti-grooming bill<\/a> into law Monday after Democrats and Hollywood <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/desantis-blasts-reporter-for-using-dont-say-gay-label-for-anti-grooming-bill\">critics<\/a> falsely labeled it &#8220;Don&#8217;t Say Gay&#8221; legislation.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-5e19d842=\"\">\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/florida-passes-anti-groomer-law-banning-gender-identity-indoctrination-in-schools\">measure<\/a>, known as the &#8220;Parental Rights in Education&#8221; bill, is a classroom instruction ban on age-inappropriate teachings of &#8220;sexual orientation&#8221; and &#8220;gender identity&#8221; for children in kindergarten through third grade statewide.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-5e19d842=\"\"><\/section>\n<section data-v-5e19d842=\"\">\n<p>During the signing, DeSantis fired back at Hollywood <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/espn-broadcasters-interrrupt-ncaa-basketball-coverage-to-protest-florida-anti-grooming-bill\">elites<\/a> who have contributed to misconceptions about the legislation protecting elementary school students from activist educators using the classroom as a soapbox for leftist causes.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-5e19d842=\"\">\n<p>&#8220;If the people who held up degenerates like Harvey Weinstein as exemplars and as heroes, and as all that, if those are the types of people that are opposing us on parents&#8217; rights, I wear that like a badge of honor,&#8221; DeSantis declared.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-5e19d842=\"\">\n<p>The bill was mocked at the Oscars on Sunday night, with co-hosts Wanda Sykes, Amy Schumer, and Regina Hall repeating the word &#8220;gay&#8221; as the crowd applauded.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-5e19d842=\"\">\n<p>&#8220;They don&#8217;t want to admit that they support a lot of the things that we&#8217;re providing protections against,&#8221; DeSantis continued during the signing ceremony.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-5e19d842=\"\">\n<p>DeSantis said the bill&#8217;s opponents &#8220;support sexualizing kids in kindergarten&#8221; and &#8220;support injecting woke gender ideology into second-grade classrooms.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-5e19d842=\"\">\n<p>&#8220;And so what they&#8217;re doing with these slogans and these narratives is they are trying to camouflage their true intentions,&#8221; DeSantis stated in his speech.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-5e19d842=\"\">\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-embed-card\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Gov. DeSantis signs the Parental Rights in Education bill. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vG1zIP2JJN\">pic.twitter.com\/vG1zIP2JJN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TPostMillennial\/status\/1508503022191747080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 28, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-5e19d842=\"\">\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t care what corporate media outlets say. I don&#8217;t care what Hollywood says. I don&#8217;t care what big corporations say. Here I stand. I&#8217;m not backing down,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-5e19d842=\"\">\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-embed-card\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Gov. DeSantis: &#8220;I don&#8217;t care what corporate media outlets say, I don&#8217;t care what Hollywood says, I don&#8217;t care what big corporations say. Here I stand. I&#8217;m not backing down.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ixoIKQTkV6\">pic.twitter.com\/ixoIKQTkV6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TPostMillennial\/status\/1508502104482234372?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 28, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-5e19d842=\"\">\n<p>The opposition has even come from the White House with President Joe Biden calling it a &#8220;hateful bill&#8221; in an early February tweet last month.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-5e19d842=\"\">\n<p>&#8220;I want every member of the LGBTQI+ community \u2014 especially the kids who will be impacted by this hateful bill \u2014 to know that you are loved and accepted just as you are. I have your back, and my Administration will continue to fight for the protections and safety you deserve,&#8221; the president tweeted on Feb. 8.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-5e19d842=\"\">\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-embed-card\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I want every member of the LGBTQI+ community \u2014 especially the kids who will be impacted by this hateful bill \u2014 to know that you are loved and accepted just as you are. I have your back, and my Administration will continue to fight for the protections and safety you deserve. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OcAIMeVpHL\">https:\/\/t.co\/OcAIMeVpHL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 President Biden (@POTUS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POTUS\/status\/1491186973511458818?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 8, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-5e19d842=\"\">\n<p>This despite the bill making no mention of the so-called directive &#8220;Don&#8217;t Say Gay.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-5e19d842=\"\">\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-embed-card\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Here is the so-called \u201cdon\u2019t say gay\u201d bill. All it requires is that teachers don\u2019t discuss sexual orientation and gender identity with children in third grade and younger. The Left is so determined to sexually indoctrinate your kids that they\u2019re treating this like the apocalypse. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GKZpfGAGXB\">pic.twitter.com\/GKZpfGAGXB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MattWalshBlog\/status\/1500901485097463818?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 7, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-5e19d842=\"\">\n<p>DeSantis spokeswoman Christina Pushaw said in a statement earlier Monday that the governor is unfazed by threats of boycotts against the state over the bill.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-5e19d842=\"\">\n<p>&#8220;Many of the tourists in Florida have visited us from states with mandates and restrictions, to enjoy the freedoms and sense of normalcy that Florida has become renowned for, under Gov, DeSantis&#8217; leadership,&#8221; Pushaw tweeted.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-5e19d842=\"\">\n<p>She said that business is &#8220;thriving&#8221; in Florida as well, because the governor has &#8220;kept our state open, and our tax burden remains the lowest in the country.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-5e19d842=\"\">\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-embed-card\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Media wonders if Florida is concerned about boycotts over Parental Rights in Education. We aren\u2019t.<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>But even if we were: No amount of money would convince Governor DeSantis to change his position. He will always stand for parental rights and protecting children.<\/p>\n<p>Full response: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9sl0GtWwLm\">pic.twitter.com\/9sl0GtWwLm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Christina Pushaw ?? (@ChristinaPushaw) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChristinaPushaw\/status\/1508465348785459204?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 28, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-5e19d842=\"\">\n<p>&#8220;These are things that everyone can appreciate, regardless of their gender or sexual orientation,&#8221; Pushaw added Monday. &#8220;Therefore, we are not concerned about boycotts or other economic harm to Florida as a result of any legislation. But even if we were: no amount of money would convince Governor DeSantis to change his position. He will always stand for parental rights and protecting children.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-5e19d842=\"\">\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/over-60-of-americans-support-desantis-anti-grooming-law\">recent poll commissioned by <em>The Daily Wire<\/em><\/a> revealed that almost two-thirds of Americans support key features of the bill when researchers presented the study&#8217;s respondents with direct language from the Florida education law&#8217;s most criticized passage, while other surveys have relied on characterization from pollsters.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-5e19d842=\"\"><\/section>\n<section data-v-5e19d842=\"\"><\/section>\n<section data-v-5e19d842=\"\"><\/section>\n<section data-v-5e19d842=\"\"><\/section>\n<section data-v-5e19d842=\"\"><\/section>\n<section data-v-5e19d842=\"\"><\/section>\n<section data-v-5e19d842=\"\"><\/section>\n<section data-v-5e19d842=\"\"><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gov. Ron DeSantis signed Florida&#8217;s anti-grooming bill into law Monday after Democrats and Hollywood critics falsely labeled it &#8220;Don&#8217;t Say Gay&#8221; legislation.The measure, known as the &#8220;Parental Rights<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":498,"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-1406829","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\/1406829","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\/498"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1406829"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1406829\/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=1406829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1406829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1406829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}