{"id":1447944,"date":"2022-04-20T14:47:25","date_gmt":"2022-04-20T18:47:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1447944"},"modified":"2022-04-20T14:47:43","modified_gmt":"2022-04-20T18:47:43","slug":"we-are-gay-tourism-team-pushes-diversity-after-complaints-of-regressive-florida-laws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/we-are-gay-tourism-team-pushes-diversity-after-complaints-of-regressive-florida-laws\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018We Are Gay\u2019: Tourism Team Pushes Diversity After Complaints Of \u2018Regressive\u2019 Florida Laws"},"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\">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%2Fwe-are-gay-tourism-team-pushes-diversity-after-complaints-of-regressive-florida-laws%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=1447944&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\/04\/rainbow-flag.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>A Florida county\u2019s tourism promotion group has put out a video pushing diversity after concerns that several laws recently signed by Republican Governor Ron DeSantis would discourage business and tourism in the county.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Ad creators say the purpose of the campaign is to make sure that potential tourists to Broward county Florida know that everyone is \u201cwelcome\u201d in the county. The push comes after DeSantis signed several bills in recent months intended to increase transparency in education.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Throughout the ad, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlrn.org\/news\/2022-04-19\/new-broward-ad-tells-visitors-we-welcome-everyone-in-contrast-to-anti-woke-agenda\"><span>words<\/span><\/a><span> flash over shots of Florida scenery and beach goers, saying things like \u201cwe are sunshine,\u201d \u201cwe are from 170 countries, speaking 147 languages,\u201d \u201cwe are respectful of everyone,\u201d\u00a0 and \u201cwe are champions of diversity.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The ad also declares \u201cwe are advocates of changes,\u201d as one person waves a rainbow flag, \u201cwe are welcoming of everyone with open minds and hearts,\u201d \u201cwe are gay,\u201d \u201cwe are truth,\u201d and \u201cwe are pride,\u201d as one shirtless man gives another man a piggy back ride.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWhoever they love, whoever they marry, whoever they worship, they\u2019re welcome here,\u201d said Stacy Ritter of Visit Lauderdale, which promotes tourism to Broward County.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>She also cited things \u201chappening\u201d at the state capital.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe had already received indication as a result of things that were happening in our state capital,\u201d Ritter added. \u201cTourism is our number one economy and we\u2019ve seen the last few years that when tourist don\u2019t come, people lose their jobs and the most important thing we can do, the most relevant thing we can do is to make sure people are employed.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/news\/local\/2022\/04\/19\/visit-lauderdale-launches-new-inclusive-ad-campaign-in-wake-controversial-laws-some-view-as-anti-lgbtq\/\"><span>According<\/span><\/a><span> to Florida\u2019s Local10 news, some groups have canceled visits to South Florida after the passage of the Parental Rights In Education Act. The bill, which banned instruction in sexual or gender ideology in kindergarten through third grade, alongside the \u201cStop Woke Act,\u201d raised the ire of major corporations and activist groups.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The American Society of Association Executives called the Stop Woke Act \u201cregressive\u201d and reached out to Visit Lauderdale, apparently <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlrn.org\/news\/2022-04-19\/new-broward-ad-tells-visitors-we-welcome-everyone-in-contrast-to-anti-woke-agenda\"><span>concerned<\/span><\/a><span> about diversity in Florida.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThis legislation is regressive and sets back society in our collective quest for progress on issues that plague this nation. Successful 21st century organizations understand the value of creating an inclusive culture,\u201d the Association said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Ritter said the memo from The American Association of Executives served as sort of a wakeup call.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe knew it was time to remind people what our community values are,\u201d she explained. \u201cAnd when things happen at the state level that don\u2019t necessarily align with your community\u2019s values, you need to just remind people\u2026 that there are lots of people here who are welcoming and want you to come and have a great time no matter who you love, what you look like, or who or what you worship.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Last month DeSantis <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/desantis-signs-parental-notification-bill-shrugs-off-dont-say-gay-uproar\"><span>spoke<\/span><\/a><span> about the \u201cfundamental\u201d right that parents have in knowing what their children are being taught when signing the Parental Rights In Education Act.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>He said that opponents of the bill supported sexualizing kindergarteners.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThey support injecting woke gender ideology into second grade classrooms. They support enabling schools to \u2018transition students\u2019 to a \u2018different gender\u2019 without the knowledge of the parent much less without the parents consent,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span>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. We believe in our country, in the value of truth and the freedom to speak it, and in the right to challenge tyranny wherever we see it. Believe the same? <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><span>Become a member now and join our mission.<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Florida county\u2019s tourism promotion group has put out a video pushing diversity after concerns that several laws recently signed by Republican Governor Ron DeSantis would discourage business and tourism<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":200,"featured_media":1447983,"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-1447944","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\/1447944","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\/200"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1447944"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1447944\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1447983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1447944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1447944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1447944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}