{"id":1409883,"date":"2022-03-30T11:44:37","date_gmt":"2022-03-30T15:44:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1409883"},"modified":"2022-03-30T11:44:42","modified_gmt":"2022-03-30T15:44:42","slug":"video-appears-to-show-lgbtq-activist-suggesting-to-some-disney-employees-that-desantis-gop-want-to-take-your-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/video-appears-to-show-lgbtq-activist-suggesting-to-some-disney-employees-that-desantis-gop-want-to-take-your-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"Video Appears To Show LGBTQ Activist Suggesting To Some Disney Employees That DeSantis, GOP Want To \u2018Take Your Kids\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">38<\/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%2Fvideo-appears-to-show-lgbtq-activist-suggesting-to-some-disney-employees-that-desantis-gop-want-to-take-your-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=1409883&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><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-29-at-9.54.08-PM.png?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Video posted Wednesday appears to show the head of Equality Florida suggesting to Disney employees that lawmakers enacting legislation protecting the innocence of children are eventually trying to \u201ccriminalize\u201d gay parents and \u201ctake your kids.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we react to this,\u201d Equality Florida <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eqfl.org\/nadine-smith\">Nadine Smith<\/a> apparently tells Disney employees in a virtual meeting, according to a video posted by City Journal writer Chris Rufo, \u201ca lot of us are reacting from the pain we experienced being isolated and stigmatized in school, but we are also reacting from the reality that when they can erase you, when they can criminalize your existence, when they can demonize who you are, the next step is to criminalize you and take your kids.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd we are already seeing that in Texas,\u201d added Smith, who has repeatedly worked with Disney as the company responded to Florida\u2019s HB 1557, a bill banning classroom discussion of sexual orientation or gender identity.<\/p>\n<p>The Equality Florida executive director describes a \u201cslippery slope\u201d in the video, saying that \u201cugly messages emanating from legislative leaders in our state\u201d are then \u201camplified by our governor whose spokesperson immediately began calling everyone who opposed this bill \u2018groomers\u2019 aka pedophiles.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Smith did not respond to requests for comment from The Daily Wire.<\/p>\n<p>Christina Pushaw, the governor\u2019s spokesperson whom Smith referred to, tweeted in response to Smith: \u201cThey\u2019re just mad that their grift is coming to an end!!!\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">SCOOP: Disney&#8217;s activism partner Nadine Smith of Equality Florida tells LGBTQ employees that <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovRonDeSantis?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GovRonDeSantis<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChristinaPushaw?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ChristinaPushaw<\/a> want to &#8220;erase you, &#8220;criminalize your existence,&#8221; and &#8220;take your kids&#8221;\u2014a wild conspiracy theory that Republicans want to kidnap gay people&#8217;s children. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ger3a2xekI\">pic.twitter.com\/Ger3a2xekI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Christopher F. Rufo \u2694\ufe0f (@realchrisrufo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realchrisrufo\/status\/1508939718288936967?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 29, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Florida\u2019s HB 1447\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/floridas-lgbtq-bill-is-being-wildly-misrepresented-here-are-the-facts\">states<\/a>\u00a0that\u00a0\u201cclassroom instruction by school personnel or third parties on sexual orientation or gender identity may not occur in kindergarten through grade 3 or in a manner that is not age appropriate or developmentally appropriate for students in accordance with state standards.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The bill has been wildly misrepresented as \u201cDon\u2019t Say Gay\u201d legislation, though nowhere in the legislation is the word \u201cgay\u201d mentioned. The word \u201cparent\u201d is mentioned 32 times, the word \u201cparental\u201d is mentioned eight times, and the legislation heavily focuses on parental notification and parental awareness of what children are being taught or exposed to in school.<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/desantis-signs-parental-notification-bill-shrugs-off-dont-say-gay-uproar\">said Monday<\/a>\u00a0that parents have a \u201cfundamental\u201d role in the education, upbringing, and healthcare of their children, insisting that he will\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/desantis-undeterred-by-disney-criticism-of-florida-parental-rights-bill\">never cave to pressure<\/a>\u00a0from outside groups like Disney.<\/p>\n<p>Leftist activists know that Americans overwhelmingly oppose indoctrinating children with sexual or gender ideology, DeSantis said, pointing to polling from outlets like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/exclusive-poll-over-60-of-americans-back-floridas-limits-on-k-3-lessons-on-sexual-orientation-and-gender-identity\">The Daily Wire<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/another-poll-finds-americans-dont-want-sexual-orientation-gender-identity-in-the-classroom-for-k-3-graders\">Politico<\/a>\u00a0showing that most Americans don\u2019t want gender identity being taught in schools.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSomeone told me that there\u2019s even people in Hollywood that are opposed to providing protections for parents and enforcing parents rights,\u201d he added. \u201cThe one thing I\u2019ll say about that: the people who held up degenerates like Harvey Weinstein as exemplars, if those are the types of people opposing us on parents rights, I wear that like a badge of honor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest growing conservative media companies for breaking news, investigative reporting, sports, podcasts, in-depth analysis, books, and entertainment for a reason: because we believe in what we do. 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