Tag: Disney
Disney vs. DeSantis: The Mouse Snaps Back, Will Host Gay Rights Summit in Florida
Los Angeles Magazine: “Now, as tension remains high, Disney has put a major conference to promote LGBTQ+ rights in the workplace in Florida, to take place right in [Disneyworld], on the calendar for this September, as the Miami Herald reports. The event will host some of the most prominent names within the global business world; it’s also ultimately, a direct rebuttal to DeSantis’ crusade against diversity training.
“The summit — to be hosted in collaboration with longstanding sponsor Out & Equal — comes nearly a year after DeSantis sparked the feud when passing the state’s HB-1557, dubbed the ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill. In its essence, the legislation bans any education regarding sexual orientation or gender identity in pre-4th-grade classrooms. And when Disney clapped back at this bill, which doesn’t require legislative approval, DeSantis upped the stakes for ‘the most magical place on Earth.’”
Making Disney Racist Again
Living under a Ron DeSantis regime will be tough.
He’s getting rid of “wokeness” and mamby-pamby stuff.
And when it comes to revamping Disney,
Ron’s wasting no time getting busy —
First item: Bring back Splash Mountain and “Song of the South.”
Most Don’t Approve of Government Punishing Companies for Free Speech
68% to 55%
A new Reuters/Ipsos poll finds a bipartisan majority of U.S. voters — 68% of Democrats and 55% of Republicans — oppose politicians punishing companies over their stances on social issues, a cold reception for campaigns like Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ against Walt Disney Co.
MAGA Legislators in Florida Botch Their Attempt to Cancel Disney’s Political Speech
Miami Herald: As Florida legislators were rushing through passage of a bill to repeal the special district that governs Walt Disney World last week, they failed to notice an obscure provision in state law that says the state could not do what legislators were doing — unless the district’s bond debt was paid off.
Disney, however, noticed and quietly sent a note to its investors to show that it was confident the Legislature’s attempt to dissolve the special taxing district operating the 39-square mile parcel it owned in two counties violated the “pledge” the state made when it enacted the district in 1967, and therefore was not legal. The result, Disney told its investors, is that it would continue to go about business as usual.