{"id":1441048,"date":"2022-04-15T19:45:36","date_gmt":"2022-04-15T23:45:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1441048"},"modified":"2022-04-15T19:45:46","modified_gmt":"2022-04-15T23:45:46","slug":"democratic-rep-suozzi-breaks-from-the-liberal-herd-on-floridas-parental-rights-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democratic-rep-suozzi-breaks-from-the-liberal-herd-on-floridas-parental-rights-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Democratic Rep. Suozzi Breaks From The Liberal Herd On Florida\u2019s Parental Rights Bill"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fdemocratic-rep-suozzi-breaks-from-the-liberal-herd-on-floridas-parental-rights-bill%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=1441048&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>Democratic New York gubernatorial candidate and Rep. Tom Suozzi called Florida\u2019s \u201cParental Rights in Education\u201d bill \u201creasonable\u201d on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s a very reasonable law not to try to get kids in kindergarten to be talking about sex,\u201d Suozzi <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cityandstateny.com\/politics\/2022\/04\/suozzi-calls-floridas-dont-say-gay-law-reasonable\/365750\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">told<\/a> WABC\u2019s Sid Rosenberg. \u201cI wish it wouldn\u2019t become such a hot button issue where people are just attacking each other\u2014it\u2019s just common sense. I\u2019m very much in favor of equal rights, I\u2019m very much in favor of treating gay people fairly and treating them like the human beings they are.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flsenate.gov\/Session\/Bill\/2022\/1557\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">legislation,<\/a> H.B. 1557, prohibits classroom discussion about sexual orientation and gender identity in grades K-3 and requires school districts to notify parents of any changes to their child\u2019s physical, mental or emotional health, except in cases of child abuse. The law also instructs school administrators to alert parents of health services provided to students. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/04\/03\/gop-governor-larry-hogan-florida-parental-rights-bill-absurd\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: GOP Governor Larry Hogan Calls Florida\u2019s Parental Rights Bill \u2018Absurd\u2019)\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/11\/29\/new-york-city-rep-tom-suozzi-announces-campaign-governor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">representative<\/a> confirmed his support for the legislation calling it \u201ccommon sense\u201d in a statement to City &#038; State.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet me be clear, as I said on the radio, I fully support LGBTQ and equal rights,\u201d he said. \u201cI absolutely do not support the Florida governor in most policies he supports. But I think it is reasonable that kids in kindergarten and first grade are not taught about their sexual orientation in school\u2026Maybe this isn\u2019t a politically correct position but it certainly seems like common sense to me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Suozzi\u2019s Democratic counterparts, including Gov. Kathy Hochul and New York City Mayor Eric Adams, have expressed strong opposition to the legislation <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/03\/28\/ron-desantis-signs-parental-rights-in-education-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">signed<\/a> into law on March 28 by Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. Hochul, dubbing the legislation the \u201cDon\u2019t Say Gay\u201d bill, called it \u201cdiscriminatory\u201d and \u201cdangerous\u201d in early February.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The \u2018Don\u2019t Say Gay\u2019 bill that far-right Republicans in Florida are pushing through is hateful, discriminatory, and dangerous.<\/p>\n<p>Let me be clear: In New York, we will always stand up for the rights of our LGBTQ+ community.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kathy Hochul (@KathyHochul) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KathyHochul\/status\/1491505158991319045?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 9, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The law has been labeled the \u201cDon\u2019t Say Gay\u201d bill by many LGBTQ activists and major corporations, most notably <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/03\/29\/lining-pockets-gov-desantis-calls-out-disney-sexualizing-kindergarteners\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Disney<\/a>. Florida Democrats protested the legislation by marching down Capitol building <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/03\/07\/gay-florida-democrats-chant-protest-parental-rights-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">chanting<\/a> \u201cgay.\u201d However, the law <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/03\/08\/dont-say-gay-legacy-media-activist-slogan-florida-legislation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">does not<\/a> indicate that a school administrator or student is forbidden from saying the word.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, Disney <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WaltDisneyCo\/status\/1508494672817123330?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1508787550617546754%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es3_&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fdailycaller.com%2F2022%2F03%2F29%2Fmarco-rubio-disney-florida-parental-rights-bill%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">called<\/a> on the then newly-passed bill to be \u201cstruck down\u201d by the courts and vowed their commitment to overturn the law.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur goal as a company is for this law to be repealed by the legislature or struck down in the courts, and we remain committed to supporting the national and state organizations working to achieve that,\u201d Disney said. \u201cWe are dedicated to standing up for the rights and safety of LGBTQ+ members of the Disney family, as well as the LGBTQ+ community in Florida and across the country.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democratic New York gubernatorial candidate and Rep. Tom Suozzi called Florida\u2019s \u201cParental Rights in Education\u201d bill \u201creasonable\u201d on Thursday.\u201cI think it\u2019s a very reasonable law not to try to get<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":198,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1441048","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\/1441048","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\/198"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1441048"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1441048\/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=1441048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1441048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1441048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}