{"id":1416974,"date":"2022-04-03T14:29:38","date_gmt":"2022-04-03T18:29:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1416974"},"modified":"2022-04-03T14:29:42","modified_gmt":"2022-04-03T18:29:42","slug":"poll-majority-of-americans-approve-of-floridas-dont-say-gay-law-including-55-of-democrats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-majority-of-americans-approve-of-floridas-dont-say-gay-law-including-55-of-democrats\/","title":{"rendered":"Poll: Majority of Americans Approve of Florida\u2019s &#039;Don&#039;t Say Gay&#039; Law, Including 55% of Democrats"},"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\">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%2Fpoll-majority-of-americans-approve-of-floridas-dont-say-gay-law-including-55-of-democrats%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=1416974&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\">The majority of Americans approve of Florida\u2019s Parental Rights in Education law \u2014 misreported by the left-wing media and activists as the \u201cDon\u2019t Say Gay\u201d bill \u2014\u00a0 according to a poll\u00a0<a title=\"This external link will open in a new window\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/dont-say-gay-is-popular-you-dont-say-ron-desantis-florida-law-elementary-school-11648849131?mod=e2two\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">publicized<\/a>\u00a0by the Editorial Board at the\u00a0<em>Wall Street Journal.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>That includes 55 percent of Democrats and 53 percent Americans who voted for Joe Biden.<\/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>The bill that Gov. Ron DeSantis <a href=\"https:\/\/www.myfloridahouse.gov\/Sections\/Bills\/billsdetail.aspx?BillId=76545\">signed<\/a> into law, which does mention \u201cgay\u201d in its text, prohibits classroom instruction on sexual orientation or gender identity in Florida public schools in kindergarten through third grade.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWhen Americans are presented with the actual language of the new Florida law, it wins support by more than a two-to-one margin,\u201d Public Opinion Strategies said about its poll.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Great <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WSJ?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WSJ<\/a> editorial about our recent national survey\u2026<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The current narrative around the &#8216;don\u2019t say gay&#8217; law\u2026 seems to be another example of how much the media and CEOs are out of touch with the public.&#8221;<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SHRrcXzzFl\">https:\/\/t.co\/SHRrcXzzFl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Robert Blizzard (@robertblizzard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/robertblizzard\/status\/1510272646809890817?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 2, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The <em>Journal<\/em> oped said, in part:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Even more notable is the breadth of that sentiment. Democratic voters in the poll support the law 55 percent to 29 percent. Among suburban voters, which could be a decisive group for the midterm elections, it\u2019s 60 percent to 30 percent. Parents: 67 percent to 24 percent. Biden voters: 53 percent to 30 percent. Respondents who \u201cknow someone LGBTQ\u201d: 61 percent to 28 percent.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>No poll is dispositive, and the surveys aren\u2019t unanimous. <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/o\/gqkZE\/https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/market-data\/quotes\/FR\/XPAR\/IPS\">Ipsos<\/a> asked Americans in mid-March if they agreed with barring \u201cclassroom lessons about sexual orientation or gender identity in elementary school.\u201d It <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/o\/gqkZE\/https:\/\/www.ipsos.com\/sites\/default\/files\/ct\/news\/documents\/2022-03\/Topline%20ABC_Ipsos%20Poll%20March%2012%202022%209%20am%20Embargo.pdf\">found 62% opposed<\/a>. Perhaps the public has since learned more about Florida\u2019s law, or maybe people distinguish between K-3 and \u201celementary school.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe way that Florida implements the legislation also could change minds. But so far the polling is mixed at worst. The current narrative around the \u2018don\u2019t say gay\u2019 law\u2014that it\u2019s needless cruelty to children, inflicted by Republican troglodytes\u2014seems to be another example of how much the media and CEOs are out of touch with the public,\u201d the <em>Journal<\/em> concluded.<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow Penny Starr on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PennyStarrDC\">Twitter<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The majority of Americans approve of Florida\u2019s Parental Rights in Education law \u2014 misreported by the left-wing media and activists as the \u201cDon\u2019t Say Gay\u201d bill \u2014\u00a0 according to a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"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-1416974","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\/1416974","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\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1416974"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1416974\/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=1416974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1416974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1416974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}