opponents dubbed the don t say gay law. it has attracted a lot of criticism, including from florida s large employer, disney, which issued a statement saying that support efforts should be repealed or struck down. that s disney saying, okay, we don t like this law. free speech! well, last week florida republicans retaliated, revoking disney world special tax status, a privilege disney has held for 55 years, effectively allowing the company to self govern it s 25,000 acre complex. again, they did not even really pretend that there was some other policy reason. this was pure payback. you criticized us, we are taking away your tax status. there is a name for that, it is viewpoint discrimination, an established concept in first amendment jurisprudence. the state cannot treat a person differently because they do not like but they say. a free speech means anything, it means that. let s imagine if the florida
discussing sexual orientation or gender identity in early elementary classrooms. opponents dubbed it the don t say gay law. it has attracted a lot of criticism, including from florida s large employer, disney, which issued a statement saying that support efforts should be repealed or struck down. that s disney saying, okay, we don t like this law. free speech! well, last week florida republicans retaliated, revoking disney world s special tax status, a privilege disney has held for 55 years, effectively allowing the company to self-govern its 25,000 acre complex. again, they did not even really pretend that there was some other policy reason. this was pure payback. you criticized us, we are taking away your tax status. there is a name for that, it is viewpoint discrimination, an established concept in first amendment jurisprudence. the state cannot treat a person differently because they do not
today, florida republicans passed a new congressional map that dismantled the largely black district in northern florida and gives republicans a major edge if future elections. florida democrats led by black members, voiced their opposition by staging a sit-in on the house floor over the new map. chanting and shouting as the final vote was taken. this motion is not debatable and requirs a majority vote. show of motion passes. we will proceed to call to previous question. no! at that same session, republicans made good on their threat to retaliate against disney, stripping them of their self-governing status, a privilege disney has held for 55 years. the move comes after disney caused political donations in the state and condemned the new don t say gay law.