Disney's Definition of 'Family Friendly' isn't Same as Florida's

Disney's Definition of 'Family Friendly' isn't Same as Florida's
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In theory, legislation just signed into law by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) would seem like a perfect fit for Disney, one of the state’s largest employers. Titled “Parental Rights in Education,” the bill has been hyped as a way to empower parents to protect their children, a family-centric idea that might get nods from the family-focused corporation.

But the title of the legislation is narrowly drawn; the empowerment it offers, focused solely on those parents worried about how interpersonal relationships and gender identity might come up in school curriculums. The bill makes the long-standing assumption that conversations about same-sex couples are necessarily conversations about sex, an assumption that doesn’t apply to non-gay couples. For that and other reasons, the bill has provoked an enormous backlash — including, now, from Disney.

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