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The Architect of Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Bill That Started Disney/DeSantis Feud is Headed to Prison

Disney/DeSantis feud Don't Say Gay Rep Going to Jail

Sometimes, it’s really hard to remember how all of this started. How is it possible that Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and one of the state’s largest employers and taxpayers, the Walt Disney Company, are at each other’s throats? And really, it all comes back to one simple decision, almost a capitulation, by someone who doesn’t even work for Disney anymore. ...

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Disney Finally Gets Its Day In Court Vs. DeSantis’ Board With Disney World’s Future Development at Stake

DeSantis, Iger, and Disney World

After months of back and forth and verbal sparring on both sides, lawyers representing the Walt Disney Company and the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District finally faced off in an Orlando Courtroom. Today was the first shot of many between the two sides as Disney fights to protect its First Amendment rights and its ability to control the formerly Reedy ...

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What Made Disney React to DeSantis? They Had ‘No Choice’

after doing his bidding on Disney Florida Legislature bucks DeSantis

Let’s be honest about something: Disney isn’t exactly the longstanding champion of progressive values. For decades, Disney ignored the LGBTQ+ community, but in fairness, so did most American corporations. Only when it became financially beneficial did Disney, and other companies, begin their outreach to those communities. Sure, Walt Disney World in Florida has hosted Gay Days since 1991, but for ...

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